Forget Likes, Finance Cares about Results, Says GroundTruth In First Brand Campaign
Punchy campaign comes from the marketer who made Wendy's famous for social clapbacks
NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a world where marketers are too often cornered into presenting meaningless vanity metrics to skeptical finance teams, GroundTruth is shifting the narrative. With the help of Austin-based creative agency Bandolier Media, GroundTruth has launched "Real Business Results," a sharp, no-nonsense campaign that ditches likes, shares, and impressions in favor of what actually matters like foot traffic, sales lift, and market share.
GroundTruth's platform is built around real-world consumer behavior, using location and purchase data to deliver media campaigns that connect digital ads to real business outcomes. But even with those capabilities, the company saw a disconnect between what marketers often measure and what drives boardroom decisions. That's where Bandolier Media came in.
Comedy With a Finance POV
To bring this concept to life, Bandolier cast actor Oscar Nuñez, best known for his role as the sardonic accountant on The Office, as the face of reason in a series of humorous spots. The campaign's five creative executions—"Likes," "Equation," "Impressions," "Budget," and "Like-Liker"—feature Nuñez in mock Zoom calls or meetings where he hilariously dismantles the flawed logic of marketing teams still clinging to vanity metrics.
"Oscar delivers the message marketers need to hear: CFOs don't care about likes," said Brandon Rhoten, CMO at GroundTruth. "In billions of dollars of media spend, I've never had a finance team ask about engagement. They want results tied to revenue, not retweets."
Rhoten rose to prominence as the architect of Wendy's trailblazing digital and social strategy, where he transformed the fast-food chain into a cultural icon known for its razor-sharp social clapbacks and fearless online voice. But even for a marketer fluent in social, Rhoten's message now is crystal clear: likes don't pay the bills, results do.
Creative Built for Conversion, Not Clapbacks
The campaign runs across LinkedIn, YouTube, digital out-of-home, streaming audio, and programmatic mobile, targeting agency and brand-side media buyers who are increasingly under pressure to tie spend to impact. It's B2B marketing that dials up the relatability while driving home a serious point: if your media doesn't move the needle, it's just noise.
"Too much of B2B creative still assumes humor or emotion is off-limits. Not here," said George Ellis, Creative Director at Bandolier. "We built this campaign to feel like something marketers would actually want to watch, and, most importantly, act on."
A Brand Platform That Lives Its Promise
GroundTruth isn't just selling smarter media with built-in measurement, they're living it. With observed real-world behavior as their core differentiator, this campaign is a meta-demonstration of their value proposition. Every spot is a rejection of marketing vanity metrics, and a push toward media accountability.
The launch marks another milestone for Bandolier, named one of Ad Age's Small Agencies of the Year for three consecutive years. Their work spans major national brands and homegrown DTC efforts alike, always with a sharp creative edge and a refusal to settle for bland.
About GroundTruthGroundTruth is an advertising platform that drives in-store visits and other real business results. Using observed real-world consumer behavior, including location and purchase data, GroundTruth creates targeted advertising campaigns across all screens for advertisers. GroundTruth then measures how consumers respond to the campaigns, including if they physically show up to a store location or website, to understand the real business results generated by a brand's advertising. Learn more at groundtruth.com.
About Bandolier MediaAn established Austin-based creative agency, Bandolier has been recognized three years in a row by Ad Age as a Small Agency Of The Year. Current and previous clients include national names like TikTok (also a B2B client), Scotts Lawn Care, Tito's Vodka, Duck Tape and Honeywell, plus local clients in the CPG space. The agency is also known for creating their own social media properties such as The Unemployed Wine Guy (600k followers), and the team also created and run Roasty Buds Coffee, a growing brand with $1M in revenue over the past two years.
Links to Ads: EquationImpressionsLike LikerLikes Budget
Images: Oscar Meme AdOscar #1Oscar #2GroundTruth Logo
CreditsClient: GroundTruthBrandon Rhoten, CMO
Agency: Bandolier MediaGeorge Ellis, CDLouis Montemayor, CDDaniel Stone, Account DirectorTrishia Daniel, Project ManagerNick Robalik, CD
Production: The BearDirector: Berndt MaderEditor: Angie DominguezExec Producer: Elizabeth Spiva
DP: Lee Phelan
Media Contact:Ander Mateosander.mateos@groundtruth.com
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