Business

Company of the Day: Benchmark Outdoor

Company: Benchmark Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Texas Headquarters:  PO Box 530871, Harlingen, TX  78553 Phone: 956-428-7446 Email: info@benchmarkoutdoor.com Benchmark outdoor operates static billboards on highways between Brownsville and McAllen Texas.  The company has two digital billboards located at the southbound exit for Ed Carey in Harlingen, Texas and the Texas Avenue […]

What’s in your operating spreadsheet?

Most small out of home companies keep an operating spreadsheet which summarizes the plant.  An operating spreadsheet is a terrific way to communicate to a lender or investor or potential buyer what your business is like. Insider uses an excel operating spreadsheet to summarize the performance of his 25 structures.  […]

Airport Advertising Drives Sales

Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor  (CCO) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., announced today the results of a comprehensive consumer insights study, showing airport advertising offers consumers a great opportunity to absorb and respond to brand messaging. The CCA-commissioned Nielsen study reveals […]

Company of the Day – BeSeen Outdoor

Company: BeSeen Outdoor Headquarters: 2001 Cook Street, Brunswick, GA 31520 Market: Southeastern Georgia Phone: 912.289.2235 Email: BeSeen Outdoor, Inc was founded by Joe Fendig and Ben Jones. Between the two, BeSeen Outdoor, Inc. offers over 25 years of experience in the outdoor advertising industry, owning and operating advertising structures in Southeast Georgia […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Birmingham

Did you know: Birmingham was the first city to celebrate Veterans Day and continues to host the largest Veterans Day celebration in the country. The oldest baseball stadium in the country, Rickwood Field, is located in Birmingham. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Birmingham DMA. Infographics for the […]

Company of the Day: Bella Outdoor

Company: Bella Outdoor Markets:  Montana Headquarters: PO Box 50119, Billings, MT Phone: 406-671-6155 Email: Bellaoutdoor@bresnan.net Bella Outdoor was started in 2007 by Joe and Jenifer Mancuso.  The company operates a billboard plant  around Billings in Yellowstone, Carbon and Stillwater counties.     The company was the subject of a 2009 Billings Gazette Profile and a 2016 KULR News […]

Where the out of home companies are.

Insider has a database of 424 out of home companies headquartered in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.  We are discovering new companies every day.  Here are the five states which are headquarters to the most out of home companies.  They are big states with a large interstate highway […]

When safety equipment isn’t safe

By Jim Poage, Safety Director, Formetco Most people know that all personal protective equipment should be inspected prior to use, but few people think about the limitations or increased danger in using the equipment incorrectly.  Using a standard full body harness with a shock absorbing lanyard is a great to […]

Company of the Day – Bedsole Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Bedsole Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:   576 Devon Brooke Drive Woodstock GA 30188 Markets:   Georgia and Alabama Phone: 404.317.4799 Email:   BedsoleOutdoor@comcast.net Bedsole Outdoor, LLC is a billboard/outdoor advertising company established in 2002. Owner and operator is Angi Bedsole. Current inventory is located in Dawsonville and Marrietta GA and Birmingham, AL.  2017 was […]

Billboard Legal: Mitigating End of Lease Costs

By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Fairway Outdoor Advert. v. Edwards, 197 N.C. App. 650 (2009). Introduction Sometimes you must pour a huge cement foundation to anchor a billboard and a landlord then paves, landscapes, or builds around your billboard. In those cases, the cost of removing the concrete foundation […]