Company: Ultra Outdoor Headquarters: 2210 Sampson St, Westlake, LA 70669 Market: Southwest Louisiana Phone: 337-437-6117 Ultra Outdoor operates a plant of digital and static billboards in Southwest Louisiana. The company was previously known as Vision Outdoor, but the name was changed in 2015. Jane Young is the company’s Sales Manager. Michael Kile is […]
Insider asked a who’s who of the out of home industry for predictions for 2018. What are your predictions for out of home in 2018? Nancy Fletcher, President/CEO, OAAA: The OOH revenue growth trend (now at 30 consecutive months) will continue in 2018 OOH will become more of a core […]
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA Leo Hickman makes high-end violins. And, if you’re lucky, he’ll play one for you . . . foot-tapping old-time fiddle music. Three of Hickman’s grandkids are fiddlers, too: “I love watching them play and grow. I hope someday they will own and play […]
Company: The Nashville Sign Market: Tennessee Headquarters: 4505 Harding Pike, Suite 81W, Nashville, Tennessee 37205 Phone: 615-613-6218 The Nashville sign is an iconic billboard which is located at 1615 Broadway at the Broadway/West End Split in downtown Nashville. The sign was originally constructed as a static billboard (see picture on […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
By Jim Campbell, Executive Vice President, Circle Graphics The answer to this question is hardly – traditional billboards remain as coveted today as the real estate they sit on. Just ask Outfront and Lamar who restructured their legal entities to tap into and extract additional value from their billboards […]
By OAAA In a “big win” for advertising, the tax-reform bill approved by Congress (December 20) preserves deductibility of advertising as a business expense. “Being out of this tax package — after advertising deductibility was threatened — is a big win for the ad community,” said Dan Jaffe of ANA […]
Earlier this year, Daktronics and Patti Reeves of Island Displays posted excellent advice for hurricane readiness. After the particularly destructive Atlantic hurricane season, OAAA’s Kerry Yoakum conferred with veteran operations managers Micky Vint at Lamar Advertising Company and Steve Hillwig at OUTFRONT Media to find out what works and how to get ready […]
Company: Toby Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Virginia Headquarters: P.O. Box 11397, Charlotte, NC 28220 Phone: 704-504-5330 Toby Outdoor was founded in 1984 by Jim Troy. Jim’s career in the outdoor business began as an apprentice in operations and sign maintenance in 1971. This apprenticeship lasted 7 years, thru high school […]
Did you know? In Fort Wayne, it’s illegal to take a bath between the months of October and March. Fort Wayne native Robert Frank Borkenstein invented the first Breathalyzer. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Fort Wayne DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available […]
