Tag: IBOUSA

A Third Generation Hilliard On What Makes a Good OOH Lease

Noah Hilliard is a Real Estate Manager at Legacy Outdoor Advertising.  He’s also the third consecutive generation of the Hilliard family to enter the out of home business. Talk about the Hilliard family and out of home… Our family has been in the Out of Home  industry for around 60 […]

Marty Williamson on 40 Years in OOH and What’s Next for M&A

Here are some excerpts from out of home broker Marty Williamson’s speech at last week’s IBOUSA show. Getting into out of home I’m President and CEO of Williamson & Associates Mergers and Acquisitions. This year marks my 40th anniversary in the OOH industry.  My start was in 1983, after my […]

IBOUSA From the Perspective of a Billboard Lawyer

I’m not as avid of a Billboard Insider contributor as my father and law partner, Richard Rothfelder, so one of my favorite post-IBO conference, flight-back pastimes is to jot down my takeaways from the preceding conference. Becky Smith, Chris Cowlbeck, and the IBO team continue to outdo themselves with their […]

Day 2 of the IBOUSA Spring 2024 Conference in 5 Quotes

Here are the highlights of day 2 of the IBOUSA spring 2024 conference. John Barnes of Barnes Advertising on the importance of having a succession plan for your out of home company. I was on vacation in Florida and had a lump on my neck.  The doctor said I had […]

Becky Smith on the IBO’s growth and why you need to join Speedway

Here’s an excerpt from last  Thursday’s Increasing Revenue in 2024 Seminar which was put on by the IBOUSA.  Becky Smith, the IBO’s Enterprise Manager lead off the seminar. On the IBO’s growth Four years ago these are the stats for IBO in March of 2020… There were 170 operator companies […]

Year End AI Roundup – Cattle Are Easier!

Insider caught up with Chris Cowlbeck, CVO IBOUSA and OOH Chairman of the Media Rating Council on what he sees impacting OOH from artificial intelligence. In my role with the Media Rating Council, I’ve had the opportunity over the past five years to watch the evolution of industry practices, data […]

What’ll Drive OOH Revenues for you in 2024? – YOU!

Billboard Insider has asked key players in our network to take a look at 2023 and ahead to 2024. By Chris Cowlbeck, CVO IBO USA and Media Rating Council OOH Committee Chairman I’m looking back a bit at some unprecedented times (yes that phrase has been worn thin) to note: […]

Day 2 of the IBO Show in 5 Quotes

OAAA EVP Government Affairs Mike Hershey on the rise of out of home legal advertising Legal services is the fastest growing out of home ad category with growth – year over year – of 49%. Big Screen Video Group Commercial Director Saul Heffernan on the flight to high resolution, low […]

Day 1 of the IBO Conference

Five quotes from day 1 of the Fall 2023 IBOUSA conference in Indianapolis. OUTFRONT’s Andy Sriubus says stop devaluing your product. If we’re trying to make the argument to buyers that we have value you have to have integrity in that conversation so it’s not just buy the media for […]

IBO USA Evolves Data and Branding as Footprint Grows with Adams

Insider caught wind that IBO had grown significantly recently and talked with both Chris Cowlbeck, CVO, IBO USA and Rich Zecchino, Chief Legal Officer and VP of Real Estate, Adams Outdoor. Chris, how has IBO grown and aspects of the data world changed for IBO Speedway?  “We began aggregating our […]