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What mid-size marketer budget strategy teaches every brand, with Adrianne Pasquarelli
Episode 44
Friday, 25 September, 2026
Marketing budgets are tight across the board, but mid-size brands—companies roughly between $50 million and $1 billion in revenue—have been finding ways to make theirs work harder. Adrianne Pasquarelli, senior editor of CMO strategy and commerce at Ad Age, digs into how these brands operate with fewer resources, fewer layers of approval and a lot more speed. She breaks down what's driving bolder creative risks, how AI is showing up in unexpected ways and what bigger brands could actually learn from smaller ones. Parker Herren talks with Pasquarelli about why mid-size CMOs are willing to take creative swings that bigger legal departments would shut down, how one baby food brand built an internal AI tool to keep its marketing on-brand without slowing anyone down and why leaner teams often mean less data and more gut instinct. It's a look at what happens when constraints force creativity instead of killing it. Subscribe to Ad Age Insider so you don't miss the next conversation. Dig deeper on the topics mentioned in this week's episode: ~Introducing the 2026 Ad Age Mid Size Brand Leaders ~How mid-size marketers are turning budget constraints into a competitive edge ~What 15 mid-size brand leaders are prioritizing—and cutting—right now
