Company: Grand Rapids Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 2626, Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Market: Grand Rapids Michigan Phone: 616-874-8283 Email: sales@groutdoor.com Grand Rapids Outdoor is a locally owned and operated billboard advertising company. In December of 2021, the Company sold the bulk of their signs to OUTFRONT Media. The Company web sites shows 2remaining […]
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Advertising Revenue A Core Business For Larger Retailers
In a recent briefing, Walmart CEO, Doug McMillon, told analysts the following; “As we bring more customers, sellers, and suppliers into our ecosystem, it expands our ability to monetize those relationships. A great example is our advertising business. Globally, it’s been growing at a high rate, with high margins and […]
Billups Acquires Ad Tech Startup Outchart to Advance Programmatic Digital Out-of-Home (OOH) Aspirations
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Billups, the largest privately held out-of-home (OOH) technology and managed services company in the U.S., has acquired the assets of Outchart, a full-stack software provider for the digital out-of-home marketplace. The acquisition follows Billups’ recent purchases of Ads on Top in 2022 and MacDonald Media […]
Lamar Joins World Out of Home Organization
Lamar Advertising, one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in the world, has joined the World Out of Home Organization (WOO). Founded in 1902, Lamar today operates more than 352,000 billboard, transit, airport and interstate logo displays in the United States and Canada, including the largest network of large-format digital […]
Company of the Day – Glover Media Group
Company: Glover Media Group Headquarters: 565 Wetumpka Street Prattville, Alabama Market: Central Alabama Phone: (334) 799-1243 Email: GMG@glovermediagroup.com Glover Media Group, LLC is an outdoor advertising company based in Prattville, Alabama specializing in digital billboards. Kyle and Marnie Glover are the owners of Glover Media. LaDon Pate, started out in the electrical sign […]
Billboard Insider Readers Turn to Spouse, Co-workers or a Bible Study for Ethical Advice
Last Friday’s Doing the Right Thing…even when it hurts post we asked readers who they consulted for advice on ethical issues involving their out of home companies. Our readers are most likely to get ethical advice from a spouse, a co-worker or an accountability group like a Bible study. Here […]
Toronto WOOH Registration Open
16th February 2022 Registration is now open for the World Out of Home Organization in-person Global Congress in Toronto Registration is now officially open for the World Out of Home Organization’s in-person Global Congress to be held in Toronto on May 25-27. This is WOO’s first in-person Congress since Dubai […]
Company of the Day: Good Outdoor
Company: Good Billboards Markets: Mississippi, Alabama Email: info@goodbillboards.com Phone: 662-361-5807 Good Billboards operates a billboard plant in Mississippi and Alabama. The company’s plant includes digital and static billboards. The company was started in 2016. Christian Good and Grey Land are the company’s Co-Founders. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds February 19, 2022
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager. We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified” Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]
Doing the Right Thing … Even When it Hurts
Most of the time doing the right thing is good business. But sometimes doing the right thing hurts. On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast Justin Powell shared a situation where he did the right thing even though it cost. I knocked on the door of a business. It was a […]