By Steve Olenski. Steve contributes to Forbes and Huffington Post. His work has also appeared in ESPN, Ad Age, Ad Week Business Insider, Marketing Land and Marketing Profs. Follow him on Twitter @steveolenski or at the nearest coffee shop. Fade in on an episode of Jeopardy! ‘I’ll take billboards for $1,000 Alex.’ […]
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Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is provided […]
Pittsburgh Appealing Mt Washington Loss
Triblive reports that the city of Pittsburgh intends to appeal Friday’s ruling by Common Pleas Judge Joseph James reversing a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment order for Lamar to remove a large billboard on Mt Washington. Insider wrote about the case yesterday. Insider’s take: Seems like Mayor Peduto is pursuing […]
Lamar Wins Mt Washington Court Case
In Pittsburgh, Lamar Advertising Company has faced a long-running battle with the city over Lamar’s large billboard that faces downtown from Mount Washington. On January 24, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversed the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decision to order Lamar to remove the sign. Lamar’s […]
Challenge to Tennessee’s Billboard Law
The Institute for Free Speech, a non-profit advocacy group, will represent the plaintiff challenging Tennessee’s billboard law on constitutional grounds. Here’s what you need to know: Sign owner William H. Thomas sued Tennessee’s billboard-control act, prompting a federal judge in Memphis to invalidate the state’s billboard law on First Amendment […]
Use Video To Market Your Billboards
Insider is finishing up the 2018 out of home website rankings. Only 5% out of home websites include video. This is marketing mistake. Anyone with a smart phone and a wordpress website can take video, upload it to a free youtube/vimeo page and copy a link into their website. It’s […]
Company of the Day:Wicks Outdoor
Company: Wicks Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 769 Bloody Spring Rd, Bethel, PA 19507 Phone: 610-488-7588 Wicks Outdoor Advertising Inc. is an independent billboard company owned and operated by Lucas Wicks. Wicks Outdoor has billboards including bulletins and posters on primary roads in Berks, Schuylkill, Columbia and York Counties in eastern PA. The […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds January 27, 2018
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
Regulatory Roundup January 26, 2018
Three regulatory issues to review this week. CBS Pittsburgh reports Lamar and the Pittsburg Mayor have failed to reach a compromise on the Mount Washington sign and both sides have presented their arguments in court. Lamar contents that the sign is in accordance with city law. The city contends the billboard […]
Company of the Day: Waitt Outdoor
Company: Waitt Outdoor Markets: Illinois, Missouri Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska Address: 4717 F Street, Omaha, NE, 68117 Phone: 402-330-2520 Email: mdelich@waittoutdoor.com Waitt Outdoor owns billboards on interstate corridors throughout the Midwest including Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. Waitt Outdoor is owned by Michael Delich and Norman Waitt. Norman Waitt also owns Bobby Jones Golf, real estate and is […]























