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Bill Ripp on Digital Billboard Siting

Lamar’s Bill Ripp spoke on siting digital billboards at Lookout2017.  Ripp is VP Digital Development at Lamar Advertising.  He’s also the Chair of the OAAA Digital billboard committee.  Ripp’s had a hand at installing 2,000 digital billboards during his 18 years at Lamar.  Here are some highlights of his talk […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Tampa

Did you know… The temperature in Tampa has never hit 100 degrees. Tampa is home to the longest continuous sidewalk, Bayshore Boulevard, which is 4.5 miles long. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Tampa DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members […]

Company of the Day: Munn Outdoor

Company: Munn Outdoor Advertising Markets: Mississippi Headquarters: 772 Highway 49 N, Hattiesburg, MS Phone: 601-264-7446 Munn Outdoor operates a billboard plant in with 119 faces in the following Mississippi communities: Brooklyn Collins Columbia Hattiesburg Lucedale New Augusta Purvis Prentice Sumrall Wiggins The company is affiliated with Munn Enterprises which was started in 1986 […]

Case studies prove digital out of home works.

Rainbow Kirby-Stearns is a Marketing Communications Specialist at Clear Channel Outdoor.  Liz Rave is a marketing director at Outfront Media.  They’ve written a terrific article for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (“IAB”) on how to use digital out of home effectively.  Insider thanks Kirby-Stearns and Rave and the IAB for permission […]

Billboard Drone Filming Costs and Challenges

Yesterday Scott Vivian of Drone it Texas posed 8 questions you need to ask before hiring a drone company to film your billboards.  Today Vivian talks about drone filming costs and challenges. What does it cost to hire a drone company to video boards. Cost for a good video shoot […]

8 Questions To Ask Before You Film Billboards With A Drone

More and more out of home companies are using drones to film billboards.  Look at this video of an Outfront Media billboard installation filmed by Drone It Texas. Insider asked Scott Vivian, the owner of Drone It Texas to talk about using drones to film billboards. Scott, do you need […]

Funeral Home Billboards

Insider knows someone who’s been a funeral director for 35 years in a town of 30,000 people.  Here are the funeral director’s thoughts on advertising: We are in a market area of about 30,000 people and we drive our image via top of the mind awareness in the following ways: […]

Rate This Board By Greg Callaham

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 […]

Company of the Day: Mortenson Outdoor

Company: Mortenson Outdoor Sign Market: Minnesota Headquarters: PO Box 1001 Fergus Falls, MN  56538-1001 Phone: 218-205-7052 Email: mike@mortensonoutdoorsign.com Mortenson Outdoor Sign is a locally owned private company in Fergus Falls, MN with operates a billboard plant in Western Minnesota.   Mike Mortenson was born and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and is a fourth generation resident.  Insider […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds September 16, 2017

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We have written new insurance business as a result of our ad in Billboard Insider.”  Stu Lee, Bassler Insurance “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 […]