Billboard Insider’s readers are doing a good job controlling lease costs. 75% of the respondents to our poll yesterday say their out of home lease costs are less than 20% of revenue. Here are the results. To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with […]
Company: Barfield Outdoor Markets: North Carolina Address: 2368 Summerlin’s Crossroads Rd, Mt Olive NC. 28365 Email: ken@barfieldoutdoor.com Phone: 919-738-4199 Barfield Outdoor operates an out of home plant with 16 faces in North Carolina. Ken Barfield is President. Zach Barfield is Vice President. How did you get in the Out of Home business? Our family used […]
For the 25 years we’ve been around the out of home business there’s been a rule of thumb that out of home leases costs should be 20% or less of revenues. Lease costs may be more in urban areas for for high performing boards and higher for transit and street […]
The Association for National Advertisers (“ANA”) has published a June 2023 study on Programmatic Ad Fraud The study finds that 15% of total online ad spending and 21% of online ad impressions are fraudulent. Money is being diverted to low quality made for advertising websites which generate traffic from clickbait […]
Here’s Billboard Insider’s list of who makes what at the public out of home companies. We computed the list based on total compensation in each company’s 2022 14A proxy statement. Three observations: Everyone except Reilly and Wells is down All the execs except Sean Reilly and Scott Wells had pay […]
Watchfire account manager Jim Schultheis said this in response to our post yesterday on giving gifts to out of home clients or prospects or landlords: Several of Watchfire’s customers occasionally barter a product or service in exchange for time on their billboard. For example, if their rate card is $1,000, […]
Company: Azalea Outdoor Advertising Markets: Georgia, South Carolina. Headquarters: 699 Broad Street Suite 1000, Augusta, Georgia, 30901 Phone: 706-623-3470 Azalea Outdoor owns 187 faces in Georgia and South Carolina. The company is owned by the Morris family which originally purchased Naegele Outdoor in 1985 and rebranded it as Fairway Outdoor before […]
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 […]
Gifts can create goodwill with out of home clients or prospects or landlords. Here are three tips for gifting wisely. Do business with people who do business with you One of Circle City Outdoor’s advertising clients is a family owned chocolate shop in Lebanon, Indiana. Our manager occasionally brings a […]
Today’s world is complex, filled with technology, conveniences, challenges, opportunities, and resources never thought of just a few short years ago. Technology has taken over our lives. You can make purchases and have them delivered to your door without ever leaving your couch. You can visit with relatives face to […]
