Author: John Weller

Company of the Day – Ad Source Outdoor

Company:  Ad Source Outdoor Headquarters:  131 State St. Lake Charles, LA 70605 Markets: Southwest Louisiana Phone: 337.477.4470 Email:   dgaspard@adsourceoutdoor.com AdSource Outdoor Advertising Company is the fastest growing billboard provider in Southwest Louisiana. With over 50 years of experience they strive to allow advertisers to deliver their message with maximum impact. AdSource was founded […]

Lamar Advertising Expands Media Footprint in Cleveland

Baton Rouge, LA – January 10, 2017 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home advertising companies in North America, today announced its new transit advertising contract with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for a five-year term. The agreement commenced January 1, 2017, […]

Why Outdoor Advertising Is Not at War with Digital Advertising

Insider thanks Kevin Bartanian EVP, Sales & Business Development at StandardVision for allowing us to reprint his article.   There are several spurts of development in the Outdoor Advertising (OOH) space causing much buzz and excitement. Better metrics, more VC money for tech startups in the sector, quality inventory, and automated buying platforms […]

OOH Experiencing A Renaissance

IndaStra ran an article very positive on the prospects for Outdoor.  You can read more of the detail on their site, but here’s why IndaStra thinks  OOH is more relevant than ever. Until teleportation is an option, consumers will go outside. Consumers can try to ignore billboards, but they’re always […]

LED National Announces Digital Sign Launch

The start of the new year has brought the announcement of the launch of LED National with aspirations to fill what they see as a void in the LED sign and lighting industry.  LED National has launched the first of its three divisions which is the LED signage and digital […]

Company of the Day – Ad Trend, Inc.

Company: Ad Trend, Inc. Markets: Kansas City Headquarters: 14450 S US 71 Hwy, Kansas City, MO  64147 Phone: 816-283-0600 Founded in 1983 Ad Trend owns a static billboard plant with 100 faces in Kansas City.  David English is the company’s Sales and Operations manager.  It is also a vinyl printer […]

Michigan Governor Vetoes School Billboards

The Detroit Free Press, Mlive and The Detroit News reported that  Michigan Governor Rick Snyder vetoed legislation to permit billboards to be erected on school property along state managed roads. and increase the total number of billboards permitted in Michigan. Insider posted in December about Senate Bill 953 passing the Michigan […]

Company of the Day – Action Outdoor

Company: Action Outdoor Market:  Metro Atlanta and Dahlonega, Georgia Headquarters: 3512 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005 Phone:  678-624-9275 Email: info@actionoutdoor.com Action Outdoor was originally formed in 1992 between partners Jack Hartrampf and Larry McCurdy. Both Jack and Larry were real estate brokers with Metro Brokers and through their expertise in dealing with […]

Company of the Day – 718 Outdoor

Company: 718 Outdoor Market: Brooklyn, New York Headquarters: New York Phone: 718-664-4315 Email: info@718outdoor.com 718OUTDOOR is a media company specializing in traditional OOH platforms, and they are all about New York. They operate a plant that includes elevator ads, walls, murals and advertising panels.  Their area of focus is their home town of Brooklyn.     Paid Advertisement