Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad selected by Billboard Insider using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad. This week’s rating is from multi-OBIE finalist and former OBIE […]
In response to the devastation caused by the wildfires, www.returnthealoha.org was created to aid five local charities and organizations that are helping those in need on Maui. “The recovery on Maui is going to take years – perhaps decades. (Paradise, yes, but also isolated with a small construction workforce.) This is why […]
A Designer Asks, “Where do you get your images?” Out of Home Creative Founder and Chief Creative Officer Melody Roberts says this. There are several stock sites to choose from, depending on your budget. Some popular sites are adobestock.com, shutterstock.com, and gettyimages.com, ranging from $9 to $500 per image (packages and […]
A Billboard Insider reader asks “What are the best colors to use for digital?” Out of Home Creative Founder and Chief Creative Officer Melody Roberts says this. Embrace color and have fun with yellows, blues, reds, purples, and pinks. These are some of my favorites, as well as blurred gradient […]
An SVP of sales writes: “One of my biggest hurdles is explaining to clients that they need to keep their copy short on billboards and posters. We will have exhaustive conversations on why it is important. I teeter on the edge of hurting the relationship and my business but try […]
Three quotes on the importance of out of home design: Functional is easy. Functional and beautiful isn’t. If our canvases look like crap we look like crap. – Eddy Herty, VP National Creative Director, OUTFRONT When people don’t renew it’s generally due to bad creative. If we engage people, they […]
By Melody Roberts, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Out of Home Creative Out of home (OOH) advertising offers a diversity of size, scale, location, and creative possibilities unmatched by any other medium, but with it comes one of the most challenging and rewarding canvases for creatives who must simplify a […]
OAAA ANNOUNCES 81st OBIE AWARDS ILLUSTRIOUS JURY ROSTER, LED BY FCB NEW YORK CO-CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER GABRIEL SCHMITT Judging Panel Includes The Badger Agency’s Madonna Badger, VMLY&R’s Manuel Bordé,Horizon’s Marc Fenty, Allstate’s David Marsey, Out of Home Creative’s Melody Roberts & Zambezi’s Grace Teng WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 6, 2022 […]
Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad. This week’s rating is by 3x OBIE nominee Melody Roberts, Owner and Chief […]
An out of home sales rep writes Billboard Insider: Recently I have sold ad space to 3 clients who insisted on creating their own ads and wanted to post ASAP. I spent a great deal of time answering their questions and providing feedback. They used small fonts, photos and more […]
