WEBVTT 00:00:00.083 --> 00:00:03.044 Mark, what should marketing leaders be doing to strengthen 00:00:03.044 --> 00:00:05.046 their cost position today and tomorrow? 00:00:05.755 --> 00:00:09.509 So in 2025, marketers unfortunately have to do more 00:00:09.509 --> 00:00:10.260 with less. 00:00:10.552 --> 00:00:13.722 Budgets have been under pressure, and CFOs are looking 00:00:13.722 --> 00:00:15.932 at ROIs on their marketing investment. 00:00:16.599 --> 00:00:21.479 So I think the good news is that marketers can do more with less. 00:00:21.896 --> 00:00:25.900 Number one, they need to put in place a measurement framework 00:00:25.900 --> 00:00:29.612 that's simple and easy to understand across the business, 00:00:29.612 --> 00:00:33.283 across geographies, across different brands, and cascade 00:00:33.283 --> 00:00:37.287 this to all their leaders at all levels to aspire to managing 00:00:37.287 --> 00:00:38.538 against these KPIs. 00:00:39.205 --> 00:00:40.373 Second, GenAI 00:00:40.373 --> 00:00:44.961 is unlocking enormous efficiencies, specifically in 00:00:44.961 --> 00:00:47.172 the content supply chain. 00:00:47.797 --> 00:00:51.926 You can basically create 10X more content with 60% less spend 00:00:51.926 --> 00:00:55.638 and that . . . we see that in pharmaceuticals, consumer 00:00:55.638 --> 00:00:59.642 packaged goods companies, and other industries that spend a 00:00:59.642 --> 00:01:00.894 lot on advertising. 00:01:00.894 --> 00:01:05.690 In fact, many of these industries spend as much as 20% 00:01:05.690 --> 00:01:09.861 of their cost in marketing on content creation. 00:01:10.153 --> 00:01:13.948 So this efficiency is huge when you think about what it enables 00:01:13.948 --> 00:01:17.160 in terms of actually getting the message to customers. 00:01:17.786 --> 00:01:22.874 And finally, we can use AI to dynamically optimize and manage 00:01:22.874 --> 00:01:24.000 these budgets. 00:01:24.334 --> 00:01:28.379 Instead of waiting weeks or months to get reports, we can 00:01:28.379 --> 00:01:32.801 actually dynamically manage and optimize campaigns on the fly, 00:01:32.801 --> 00:01:37.097 which drives 2 to 3X the ROI of traditional ways of managing 00:01:37.097 --> 00:01:38.306 media allocation. 00:01:38.848 --> 00:01:40.642 So the future is exciting. 00:01:40.975 --> 00:01:42.727 It's challenging, but there's a lot marketers can do 00:01:42.727 --> 00:01:43.394 with less. 00:01:43.895 --> 00:01:44.687 Thank you so much. 00:01:45.563 --> 00:01:46.022 Thank you.