Business

Birds and Billboards.

Insider has had problems with pigeons roosting on his Circle City Outdoor billboards.  Lisa Atkinson of Premium Outdoor tells Insider that giant buzzards have a fondness for her billboards.  Insider asked David English the Sales and Operations Manager of Ad-Trend, Inc. for his thoughts about keeping birds off billboards.  Ad-Trend, […]

Matt O’Connor on the AdQuick automated outdoor buying platform

Yesterday AdQuick.com launched an online marketplace for buying and selling out of home advertising.  The AdQuick founding team is made up of Silicon Valley techies. Insider interviewed AdQuick’s co-founder and CEO Matt O’Connor about the company.  Prior to founding AdQuick, O’Connor worked for Amazon and Instacart. The founding team comes […]

Company of the Day – Stein Sign Displays

Company:  Stein Sign Display Headquarters:  2020 4th Ave SW, Watertown SD Market:  South Dakota Phone: 605.886.4616 Email:     stuart@steinsigndisplay.com Stein Sign Display was founded in 1952 by Clint L. Stein.  After serving in the Air Force and returning from World War II, Clint started working at Ralph’s Neon.  He later purchased it and named […]

4 Ways Shady Outdoor Brokers Try to Cheat You

Many of you have used brokers when you buy or sell outdoor advertising assets.  There are many quality brokers with outstanding reputations like Kalil & Co or Johnsen Fretty.  There are other outdoor advertising brokers who operate unethically.  Here are four ways that shady brokers try to cheat you. They […]

Adquick.com Offers Tech-Forward Way to Buy Outdoor

Nov 16, 2016 — Los Angeles, Calif. — AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor and out-of-home (OOH) advertising, formally launched to the public today. AdQuick provides a platform for any individual or business to seamlessly execute self-service outdoor marketing campaigns. For the first time, AdQuick’s platform allows for […]

5 Things I Learned from Starting My Own Business

We are always looking for articles that we can all learn from.  Thanks to Melody Roberts of Out of Home Creative for sharing what she has learned as a business owner.  Fear is a great motivator. Building a business takes one step at a time.  Those two things I have […]

Company of the Day: Divine Outdoor

Company: Divine Outdoor Advertising Markets: Florida Headquarters: 11415 Harder Rd, Clermont, FL  34711 Phone: 352-394-4850 Email:  ddivine@cfl.rr.com Divine Outdoor Advertising is a privately held billboard company serving South Clermont and Four Corners, Florida.  The company was started in 2001.  The company’s billboards are located west of the Walt Disney world […]

Trump, Clinton and Billboards

By Nick Coston, Billboard Insider’s peripatetic reporter at large.  With the surprising election results now a week old, it’s clear that the Republicans did a better job reaching middle America, the rust belt states, the midwest  But they spent a good $200 million less than what the Clinton campaign. So […]

Company of the Day – Victor Outdoor

Company:  Victor Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1100 South Bud Boulevard, Fremont, NE 68025-6269 Markets:  Nebraska Phone: 402-721-3333 Email: lboggs@victoroutdoor.com Insider caught up with Lyle Boggs for a couple of questions about Victor Outdoor Tell us a little about Victor Outdoor? Victor Outdoor Advertising is a locally owned company based in Fremont, Nebraska.  We currently have […]

OUTFRONT Media And Operation Toy Soldier Help Military Families In Need

  NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today OUTFRONT Media (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, announced its official partnership with Operation Toy Soldier, a nationwide toy drive, that will begin November 16 and run through December 16. Operation Toy Soldier is a […]