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Kym Frank on Billboards and Audience Segmentation

Last week Insider read an article by a medical marketing firm titled Do Billboards Still Work.   Lots to disagree with.   This paragraph gave Insider a slow burn: Billboards don’t allow audience segmentation Audience segmentation, or dividing your potential patients into subgroups (i.e., segments), is an excellent way to take your […]

Adquick makes list of hot startups

Adquick, the Alex Ohanian backed automated out of home sales platform made Business Insider’s list of 57 startups that will boom in 2019.  Business Insider asked two dozen VC investors to list hot startups.  Niki Pezeshki of Felicis Ventures said this about Adquick: What it does: AdQuick offers a marketplace for […]

Clear Channel Announces Post-Emergence Board of Directors

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. announced the members selected to serve on its new Board of Directors when it becomes a standalone company upon iHeartMedia’s emergence from its previously announced restructuring process. Here is a list of the post-emergence board: Ben Moreland (Chair) – W. Benjamin (Ben) Moreland will serve as […]

Company of the Day – Waller Outdoor

Company:  Waller Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 2004 Waller, TX Market: Waller Texas Phone: 346.306.4643 Email: sales@walleroutdoor.com Stephen and Linda Johnson have started a new Outdoor Company, Waller Outdoor, initially serving the Waller Texas community.  They have recently installed their first structure with two digital faces.  Insider caught up with Stephen to discuss […]

DJ Jennings on using Smartlink to reduce lighting credits.

Light outages are expensive.  Most ad contracts require a 10-25% credit to clients for the outage period.  This can be as much as $1,000 per month for a high traffic, high priced urban billboard. Huntsville, Alabama based Smartlink helps billboard companies to reduce lighting credits.  Insider talked with Smartlink’s VP […]

Billboards as speech

WECT6 has an article on a nonprofit in Southeastern North Carolina which has spent $1,200 to run ads on a Grey Outdoor static and digital billboards criticizing the Chemours Company for releasing contaminants into the environment. Insider’s take:  Billboards are a form of speech.  A North Carolina non-profit is using […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Wilmington

Did you know: There are 19 locations in Wilmington that are listed in the National Register for Historic Places. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, was once a resident of Wilmington. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Wilmington DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much […]

Company of the Day: LED Truck Media

Company:  LED Truck Media Markets: Nationwide Address: 2000 N Bayshore Drive  Miami, FL 33137  Phone:  917-224-3633 Email: sales@ledtruckmedia.com LED Truck media operates a fleet of digital billboard trucks nationwide.  The company is owned by Julie de Souza.  Insider talked with de Souza last week. How did you enter the out […]

Nancy Fletcher Q & A

OAAA announced on February 4 that President and CEO Nancy Fletcher plans to step down at the end of 2019 after nearly three decades at the helm.  Insider asked Nancy to share her insights about lessons learned and what’s next. Nancy, with 28+ years at OAAA, what’s your top take […]

Steve Miller on Fairway’s EPB Digital Campaign

Yesterday Insider wrote about an ad campaign in which the large public utility district EPB took all the flips on Fairway Outdoor’s 43 Chattanooga digital billboards for a day to run a campaign publicizing high speed internet.  Insider talked with Fairway Outdoor Advertising General Manager Steve Miller about the campaign. […]