Give me your best/worst/most absurd “the CMO decided [X] because their teenage daughter/son liked it” stories. Go!

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Had a client kill an entire campaign at the last minute because their elderly wife “just didn’t get it.” The target audience was young people aged 18-25.

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That's insane. I understand the agency and everyone else gets paid regardless? How do they justify that to the company?

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We had a campaign for a financial client that depicted its mascot engaged in a sport (the metaphor of the spot worked well for the product we were selling). During the final round of creative review, the CMO came in and directed us to change it to a specific, little known sport that he had just personally tried over the weekend and very much enjoyed. The way this sport worked was impossible to connect to the product in any way. The whole idea fell apart.

@SD

"Stuck in a financial pickle?"

*"Athlete A" misses the pickleball on a backhand swing*

"Here at Money Financial Services, we put you first"

*"Athlete B" sets up (Berts) "Athlete A" to spike (Erne) the pickleball"

"Because when it comes to credit, your score is everything"

*"Athlete A" obliterates the ever-loving hell out of the ball, and they score, winning the match*

*While "Athletes A & B" celebrate:* "Money Financial Services, helping you run up your score so you can celebrate the little moments in life."

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