Company: Driggers Outdoor Markets: Louisiana Headquarters: 1440 Goodwin Road, Ruston, LA 71270 Phone: 318-251-0244 Driggers Outdoor has over 100 sign locations in Louisiana stretching along I-20 as well as I-49 south from Shreveport. The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA. Rodney Driggers is the company’s President. Rodney, […]
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Can You Read This Ad?
By Melody Roberts I like to ride the market to see who is advertising, what outdoor advertising creative is working or what could possibly be improved upon. This lets me to see how my billboard design concepts translate to the real world location of the structure. By doing so, it […]
Vendor Profile: Broadsign
This is the fifth in a series of Billboard Insider profiles of the companies who are automating the out of home sales process. We’ve previously written about Adsemble and Adquick, ADstruc. and Fliphound. Insider counts 10 North American companies that are trying to develop websites to facilitate buying and selling out of […]
Marty Williamson Sells Outdoor Assets and Starts Brokerage Business
Experienced out of home advertising executive and independent operator, Marty Williamson just sold the out of home assets of American Outdoor and USA Outdoor to Horton Outdoor. Williamson is a 34 year veteran of the out of home business. He began his career in 1983 as an Account Executive with […]
Colton Tollett Says Social Media Should Be Part of Billboard Design
This week’s billboard creative tips come from Colton Tollett is Social Media Manager at Billboards Etc. Last week Colton wrote about common billboard design mistakes. This week he talks about making social media part of billboard design. It can often seem like the traditional advertising of billboards and the ever changing […]
Company of the Day: DTO Outdoor
Company: DTO Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 1213 North Wood, Gilmer, TX 75644 Phone: 903-520-4144 DTO Outdoor operates billboards in the Eastern Texas in Gilmer, Jacksonville, Palestine, Quitman, Rusk and Whitehouse. The company is run by Dennis and Kelli Thompson. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Seeking Alpha bullish on Outfront
Seeking Alpha has published a bullish article on Lamar titled: “This Billboard REIT Has Plenty of Buzz.” Analyst Brad Thomas gives the company a buy rating due to superior assets in prime, iconic locations and upside from potential cell/data leases . Thomas notes that one of the benefits of out […]
Lamar, Recycle Across America & Celebs Promote Recycling
Baton Rouge, LA – April 25, 2017 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) and nonprofit organization Recycle Across America (RAA) are once again joining forces to promote proper recycling. Last year, Lamar and RAA made history with the first-ever celebrity PSA campaign live-streamed to digital billboards for Earth Week. This […]
Billboard Changes proposed in North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer ran an editorial last week and an article yesterday opposing some North Carolina billboard proposals. The Observer suggests that the proposals are extreme. Insider disagrees. First, the Observer objects to House Bill 578 which would increase the maximum cutting zone around billboards: The “maximum cutting zone” for […]
WA State bill restricts out of home pot ads.
Insider has long been amused by the fact that the State of Washington has strict limits on pot store on-premise advertising while allowing pot retailers to make unlimited use of billboards. The loophole has been closed. Senate Bill 5131 passed the Washington State house and senate and is sitting on the […]






















