Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Circle C Outdoor

Company: Circle C Outdoor Markets: Colorado Address: Grand Junction, Colorado Email: CircleCOutdoor@gmail.com Phone: 970-243-3307 Circle C outdoor advertising has operated a billboard plant in Western Colorado since 2002.  Most of the company’s billboards are 10′ by 20′.  Bob Caldwell is the company’s owner.   To receive a free morning newsletter […]

Marnie Christine Cody Ware on Easements

California billboard attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware, an attorney at Hamlin|Cody sent Billboard Insider these comments on Paul Wright’s August 23, 2023 easement article. I especially liked Paul’s piece on easements…The article was particularly timely for me as just yesterday our office newsletter was circulated including a brief article that […]

New and Noted

Some interesting reads this week: The Ontario Alcohol and Gaming Commission wants to prohibit athletes and celebrities from appearing in ads promoting gambling.  Gambling companies have been using celebrities and athletes to promote gambling on Ontario billboards.   Autonomous cars continue to move two steps forward, one step backwards.  A […]

Company of the Day: Chehalis Tribe

Company:  The Chehalis Tribe Markets:  Washington Headquarters:  420 Howanut Rd, Oakville, WA  98568 Phone: 360-273-1251 The Chehalis tribe has two billboard structures along I-5 in Maytown and Grand Mound.  Each structure has a digital sign and a static billboard.  The Static billboards are leased on a three year term.  The electric […]

The two most painful and career-changing lessons I have learned

You lost your out of home sales job – now what? I can speak from experience because I’ve been fired twice in my career. I will tell you they were the two worst days in my professional life.  If you’re feeling at the bottom of the barrel on this day, […]

Third Quarter 2023 Out of Home Dividends

Yesterday Lamar advertising declared a $1.25 quarterly dividend on Class A and B common shares.  This equates to a return of 5.46% per annum return on Lamar’s stock price of $91.58. Outfront declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend which equates to a 10.1% return on stock on a stock price of […]

Company of the Day: Chirico Media

Company: Chirico Media Market:  Indiana Headquarters: 4405 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN  46218 Phone: 317-941-6040 Email: jameswscott@chiricomedia.com Chirico Media operates a two sided digital billboard on I-65 south of Indianapolis and 2 static billboard structures located at 4405 Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis and on SR 37 near Big Bend Road in Morgan […]

Bank Lending Tightens

I am very happy to have finally retired from banking, and I am grateful to Dave Westburg and John Weller of Billboard Insider for letting me write articles about out of home finance.  Before I retired in July, it was clear that banks were tightening credit standards and terms.  I […]

Consider Self Insurance

Billboard Insider ran an article last week about the high cost of digital billboard replacement insurance in the southeast.  We have heard of quotes of as high as $4,000/month for replacement insurance on a digital billboard in Florida.  At that cost it might make sense to consider self insuring at […]

Company of the Day: Casper Mini Storage

Company: Casper MiniStorage Markets: Wyoming Address: 1989 Oil Drive, Casper WY 82604 Email: 1989oildrive@gmail.com Phone: 307-554-0927 Casper Mini Storage operates a two sided 10′ by 30′ digital billboard on US highway 20/26 Yellowstone Highway in Casper Wyoming.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider […]