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OAAG Supporting Law Enforcement

The Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia has made the news recently with their efforts to show support for local law enforcement.  Insider had the opportunity to interview Conner Poe, OAAG President, about the program. Tell us a little about how the program got started? The Board of the OAAG is always […]

Company of the Day – Tristar Outdoor

Company: Tristar Outdoor Advertising Market:  Northeast MO along Highways 19, 54 and an I-70 location west of Danville Tristar is a family owned business with more than 25 years of experience helping businesses successfully advertise their products and services across the state of Missouri. Phone:  844.825.0630 Headquarters: 703 North Main Street, […]

Why Ogilvy Was Wrong About Billboards

Insider wrote last week about David Ogilvy’s maxims for advertising.  Buy a used copy of Ogilvy on Advertising, tuck it in your briefcase and read it on your next plane flight.  You’ll be entertained and enlightened. Ogilvy wasn’t a fan of billboards and predicted they would be abolished for two reasons. […]

Company of the Day: Triad Outdoor

Company: Triad Outdoor Markets: North Carolina. Headquarters: 141 Industrial Avenue, Greensboro, NC  27406 Phone: 336-379-8420 Email: dhill@triadinvestmentco.com Triad Investment Company is a family owned North Carolina Corporation located in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Triad has been in a commercial real estate brokerage and development firm in the Piedmont-Triad area of North […]

OAAA Safety Seminar

You need to be vigilant about safety procedures in a world where your workers can be electrocuted by power lines and hurt by falling off billboard structures.  Three months ago a safety harness saved the life of a Southeastern Displays employee who fell off a sign. OAAA is hosting a safety […]

Wingate Media Runs Rejected Christian Billboard Ad

Wingate Media Group decided to run this advertisement for the film God’s Not Dead 2 after the billboard ad  was rejected by Orange Barrel Media, a Cleveland Outdoor advertising company.  The billboard promotes a pending movie release about a school teacher who gets in trouble with the school district for mentioning […]

Safety Harness Saved Billboard Worker’s Life

Daily News  reported in April 2016 a safety harness saved a Southeastern Displays employee’s life when he fell from a billboard. Worker Dwayne Butts fell 8 feet while attempting to attach vinyl to a billboard.  His safety harness caught him and prevented him from falling to the ground. Insider’s Take: […]

Company of the Day: Turner Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Turner Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 940 Eikel Street, New Braunfels, TX  78130 Phone: 830-609-SIGN Email: info@turneroutdooradvertising.com Turner outdoor advertising has been in South Central Texas for 25 years.  The company has 25 billboard structures located on I-55 between San Marcos and San Antonio.  Most of the billboards are […]

Company of the Day: Toby Outdoor

Company: Toby Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Virginia Headquarters: P.O. Box 11397, Charlotte, NC  28220 Phone: 704-577-3157 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 […]

The Next Data Play – Billboard Companies

Seeking Alpha has an interesting article posted on the opportunities for billboard companies to become the next generation of data carriers. Some excerpts from the article: Data will grow dramatically over the next 10-20 years. Seeking Alpha views tower companies great long term investments. They see billboard companies as an under […]