Business

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 the Four Corners area of the Orlando, Florida MSA.  The company was started in 2001. The company’s billboards are located […]

Counsell and Pritchard on images and impressions

David Counsell and David Pritchard spent 10 minutes during Episode 118 of the David vs David Advertising podcast talking about billboards.  They offer some good insights.  Here are some excerpts. On the importance of images in design: “The general rule of thumb is that if you can’t say it on […]

Company of the Day: Dusty’s Outdoor

Company: Dusty’s Outdoor Media Markets: Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: 1207 Network Center Blvd, Suite 3C, Effingham, IL  62401. Phone: 1-866-593-8789 Dusty’s operates a billboard plant with 420 structures in four midwestern states.  The company has an outstanding website which tied for third in Billboard Insider’s 2017 Out of Home […]

Nielsen: OOH Most Effective in Driving Online Activity

Out of home (OOH) advertising is the most effective offline medium in driving online activity, according to a new study released by Nielsen. The study found OOH delivers more online activity per ad dollar spent compared to television, radio, and print. According to the OOH Online Activation Survey, online activations […]

Company of the Day: Durden Outdoor

Company: Durden Outdoor Displays Markets: Alabama, Florida Headquarters: 5500 US Hwy 431 N, Dothan, AL  36303 Phone: 334-792-5056 Email: info@durdenoutdoor.com Durden Outdoor Displays operates a marketing network of 1,000 billboards, posters and digital displays across Southern Alabama and Northern Florida.  The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA. In […]

Natalie Kessler On The Difference Between Digital and Static Billboards

Natalie Kessler of K2 Media was interviewed recently by the Destin Business Forum.  Kessler did a great job describing the out of home business.  Here are some of her answers to questions. Nancy, what’s better: traditional billboards or digital? It depends on a businesses goals. A traditional billboard works really good for […]

Should you put your email address on your website?

Billboard Insider’s out of home Website ranking methodology gives a point for putting an email address on your website.  Gilbert Nichols, VP for Business Development at M2 Digital Media Group tells Insider this is a bad idea: Don’t put you email address on your website.  Putting an email address on your website actually takes […]

Six Ways To Generate Out of Home Prospects

What’s the best way to generate out of home prospects?  Here are 6 ways Insider generates leads. Use Google maps.  Plug in the address or GPS coordinates for your sign and look at what businesses are nearby.  This is a big help if you have far flung markets which it […]

Company of the Day: Driggers Outdoor

Company: Driggers Outdoor Markets: Louisiana Headquarters: 1440 Goodwin Road, Ruston, LA  71270 Phone: 318-251-0244 Driggers Outdoor has over 100 sign locations in Louisiana stretching along I-20 as well as I-49 south from Shreveport.  The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA.   Rodney Driggers is the company’s President. Rodney, […]

Who Makes What: Outfront

Outfront Media filed notice this week with the SEC that their Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held June 12th in New York. The agenda for the meeting includes a non-binding advisory on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers.  Supporting documentation includes details on 2016 -2014 compensation. As background, Outfront […]