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History. Billboardinsider.com was started by Dave Westburg and John Weller in July 2015 to provide a free daily source of news and analysis on the out of home advertising industry. In March 2019 we launched the Billboard Insider podcast.
Editorial. Billboard Insider covers all segments of out of home advertising – transit, airport, static out of home, digital out of home and place based out of home. It is written by billboard owners for billboard owners. Co-publishers Dave Westburg and John Weller each have almost 30 years experience investing in the out of home advertising business. They post 3-5 daily news articles and interviews. Billboard Insider is not a link farm or a press release outlet. Over half our content is written by us, just for us.
Podcast: Billboard Insider publishes a 20-30 minute podcast monthly. The podcast is distributed on apple Podcasts, Android, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify and via the Billboard Insider website. The Billboard Insider podcast has 66 episodes with 24,415 downloads since inception. The podcast averages 370 downloads per episode.
Audience.
- Billboard Insider website averages 50,000 page views a month from 20,000 monthly visitors. A typical reader spends almost 4 minutes a day on our site. We use a tight firewall to reduce bot traffic and deliver an audience which is 80% US, Canada and Mexico. We are happy to verify page views and visitors for advertisers with stats takes from independent analytics.
- Billboard Insider’s daily email newsletter has 3,383 subscribers. 72% of our subscribers are highly engaged and often open and click on our newsletter.
- Billboard Insider’s Twitter feed has 1,811 followers.
- Billboard Insider’s Linked In page has 2,405 followers.
- Billboard Insider’s facebook page has 1,100 followers.
- Posts are also distributed Dave Westburg’s 3,531 LinkedIn connections and John Weller’s 1,600 LinkedIn connections.
Billboard Insider’s readers are overwhelmingly out of home companies as you can see from the table below. 430 different out of home companies subscribe to our daily newsletter. Many more out of home companies visit the Billboard Insider website.
The 10 companies with the most Billboard Insider Subscribers are ranked below:
- Lamar
- Outfront
- Clear Channel Outdoor
- Adams
- Reagan
- Link
- Kegerreis
- Yesco
- Lind
- Vector
53% of the sites views are by desktop, 46% are by mobile phone, 1% are by tablet
Banner and Newsletter Advertising.
“I recognize that this is probably the best ad space you can get in the billboard industry hands down.” Billboard Insider advertising client Wes Frick
No other website can as effectively reach out of home advertising plant owners. We place ads on our website and in our daily newsletter. Ads must be submitted in web-ready format. JPEG files preferred. No animation. Content may be changed whenever client wishes at no charge if client provides web ready banner artwork. Email davewestburg@billboardinsider.com or johnweller@billboardinsider.com if you wish to expore advertising.
Classifieds –
To place your classified email your text, pictures and contact information to johnweller@billboardinsider.com. We’ll contact you for payment once the ad is up to get your approval and to take payment via credit card. Billboards for sale classifieds cost $175 for 60 days paid in advance by credit card. Other classifieds cost $90 for 60 days for one category or $180 for 12 months for one category paid in advance by credit card. Additional categories cost $30 each.
What Billboard Insider Readers and Advertisers Say
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“I recognize that this is probably the best ad space you can get in the billboard industry hands down. Almost every day after I did an article I’d get a call or an email asking for a service…” Wes Frick, Wes Frick Design
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