Last week out of home legend Charlie MacIntyre talked about getting into the out of home advertising business. Today he talks about finding billboards sites. What was your first billboard site? It was a drive-through smoke shop. People from Illinois would drive to Indiana to buy their cigarettes. I didn’t […]
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Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor
Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Email: sales@microoutdoor.com Micro Outdoor Advertising owns over 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland. Many of the boards are double stacks. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, […]
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Day 2 of the IBO Spring Conference in 4 Quotes
Here’s a summary of day two of the Spring 2026 IBO show in four quotes. Gina Stratford says don’t sell people something that won’t work The worst thing we can do is take the buy knowing it cannot be successful…We don’t want people telling people not to buy out of […]
Company of the Day: McBride Signs
Company: McBride Sign Company. Markets: Virginia Address: PO Box 622 Lynchburg, VA. 24505 Email: scott@mcbridesigns.com Phone: 434-847-4151 McBride sign company operates an out of home plant with 85 total faces including 3 digital faces in Virginia. The company was founded in 1937. In addition to Billboards McBride designs, manufacturers and […]
Day 1 of the IBO Spring Conference in Seven Quotes
Bill Durden on how to market empty billboards Stop putting up phone numbers on billboards. Start building your brand…If we can’t make ourselves famous how do we make our clients famous. Northrim Bank’s Steve Haggard on entering the out of home lending business We are looking at loans of $5-15 […]
Company of the Day – Mashburn Outdoor
Company: Mashburn Outdoor Headquarters: 2555 Marietta Highway, Ste. 102, Canton, GA 30114 Markets: Atlanta, GA & Huntsville, AL Phone: (877) 413-3683 Email: info@mashburnoutdoor.com Led by Richard Mashburn, Mashburn Outdoor has owned and operated over 1,100 traditional and digital billboard faces throughout the Southeast since they were founded in 2009. Mashburn […]
Blue Lion Pedicabs Announces Exclusive Advertising Partnership with Ad Focus
Phoenix’s #1 pedicab company teams up with national OOH advertising leader to offer unmatched street-level exposure in Arizona’s most trafficked entertainment, sports, and convention districts. PHOENIX, AZ – [4.14.2026] — Blue Lion Pedicabs, Phoenix’s premier pedicab and outdoor advertising company, is proud to announce an exclusive advertising partnership with Ad […]























