Author: John Weller

The Billboard Football & Beer Battle – Slideshow

By Nicole Randall OAAA Communications Director Football season is back, and with it comes BBQs, burgers, and beer. Beer is by far the football fan’s adult beverage of choice. A 2016 Harris Poll found 75 percent of adult Americans prefer to drink beer while watching football. The top two breweries in the […]

Hurricane Florence Damage Update

The news after the weekend was encouraging as Insider checked in with several Outdoor companies with operations in North and South Carolina. Hal Stevenson at Grace Outdoor was feeling very blessed as the impact of the store was minimal for the Company. Claude Dicks at Allison Outdoor says all is […]

Las Vegas Billboards Completes New Billboard Acquisitions

Las Vegas Billboards LLC (LVB) recently acquired two digital panels and converted both sides of a static billboard to digital, adding four high-profile digital billboards. The expansion gives the company 24 digital billboard faces within the Las Vegas market to complement its traditional static inventory. This most recent purchase completed […]

Acquisition Activity – Perspective From The Brokers

Most of you may have noticed a number of acquisition related articles recently on our Insider web site.  As a thought experiment we started listing them for the year.  This is the list we created with links to the articles, and we stopped after we had only gone back as […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds September 15, 2018

“The response has been excellent.  Excellent investment.”  Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…”  David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up.  […]

Signs on the Right of Way: Right vs Wrong

Pressure is constant to liberalize longstanding restrictions against commercial use of highway right of way, as government looks for new ways to fund transportation. Debate about the future use of public right of way begs the question: what is allowed under current rules? Attorney Hunter Odom (Louisiana State University Law, […]

Collecting On Delinquent Debt, Part 2 – Next Steps

Insider asked attorney Richard Rothfelder to weigh in on his thoughts on dealing with delinquent debts. Yesterday Richard discussed what to do before you have a collection problem. Today we discuss how to handle a collection problem. If, despite all of our efforts, the outdoor advertiser gets stuck with an […]

Company of the Day – Grace Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Grace Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1201 Lincoln Street, Suite 300, Columbia SC 29201Markets: South & North Carolina, Atlanta & MemphisPhone: 803.252.7084Email:   hal@graceoutdoor.com, diana@graceoutdoor.com Grace Outdoor Advertising has been operating in the Columbia S.C. area for over 30 years. Their offices are located in the historic Congaree Vista where they have been for 20 […]

Collecting On Delinquent Debt, Part 1 – Be Prepared

Most of us appreciate how reliable our customers are at paying for services. However, once in a while, one gets away from us and we find ourselves with a collection issue.  Insider asked attorney Richard Rothfelder for advice on dealing with delinquent debts.  Today, Richard talks about what to do before […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds September 22, 2018

“The response has been excellent.  Excellent investment.”  Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…”  David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up.  […]