Kym Frank on Geopath and small out of home companies.

By Kym Frank, President, Geopath

I spend a lot of time on the road visiting with Geopath members in markets large and small across the country.  Just last week, I was in Chicago, grabbing coffee with a media operator who asked me, “Why would you want to spend time with a small operator like me while you’re in such a big market?”

I was a little stunned.  Why wouldn’t I?

I’ve been in this role for a bit over three years, and I’m always learning.  The best way for me to identify ways to help our members is to listen to them, learn about their business, understand their unique opportunities and their challenges.

We are a tripartite, not-for-profit organization made up of agencies, advertisers, and media operators.  Every single one of our members is important to this organization – regardless of how many pieces of inventory they own.

That is crucial because the majority of our seller members own less than 50 units – 55% of them!  In fact, a third of our members have 20 pieces of inventory or less.

Last year, 27% of our smallest members saw their dues decrease.  Our Board of Directors voted to add a new, lower-priced tier for smaller operators.  It costs $229 a month.  For $229, that operator receives the exact same service that we provide for all of our members.  That includes:

  • Independent auditing of all their inventory
  • Measurement of their units, including thousands of targeted audience segments
  • Unlimited access to all of our data, software, and systems
  • Inclusion in our Inventory Locator
  • Consultative help from our team at geekOUT
  • Our Research Library full of thought leadership and research materials
  • Training materials and webinars
  • Discounts at the Geopath & OAAA Conference
  • Recognition across our agencies and advertisers as a part of the Geopath membership
  • Integration into third party platforms offering a variety of measurement, proposal generation, inventory management, and buying solutions
  • and so much more

Our membership is growing.  In the last two years, our membership has increased by 50% – and we are set to break new records this year.  This is great news…not just for Geopath, but for the entire OOH industry.

Having a comprehensive, universal, independent measurement system makes OOH is easier to buy, plan and measure.

As a not-for-profit organization, our only agenda is to do our job and do it well for all our members.

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