Business

Company of the Day: Arrow Signs and Outdoor Advertising

Company: Arrow Signs & Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  4545 N. Alby St., Godfrey, IL 62035  Markets:  Missouri Phone: 618.466.0818 Email:   info@arrowsignsinc.com Arrow Signs is a third generation sign business that began in 1980 in the basement of Lance J Demond with nothing more than a paint brush and a can of paint.   The company […]

Company of the Day – Arrington Outdoor

Company: Arrington Outdoor Markets:  Texas Headquarters: 16135 Preston Rd, Dallas, Texas 75248 Phone: (800) 500-6772 Email: info@arringtonoutdoor.com Arrington Outdoor operates strategic billboard locations along major freeways and rural highways in around the Dallas Fort Worth area, the second fastest growing metro area in the Nation. Includes both traditional and digital faces. Their  advertising […]

Formetco’s Poage on OSHA Fall Safety Rules

OSHA’s 1,200 page fall safety rule revision took effect January 17, 2017.  We’ve posted a detailed OAAA analysis of the rule.  Here’s Formetco’s Director of Safety Jim Poage summarizing the key aspects of the rule. What does the new rule say The new ruling says that any time that you’re […]

Company of the Day: Arnold Outdoor

Company:   Arnold Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma. Headquarters: 5121 N Sante Fe, Oklahoma City, OK  73318 Phone: 405-620-5708 Arnold Outdoor was started in 2000.  The company has digital signs, bulletins and posters across the state of Oklahoma.  The company has a number of locations which serve Oklahoma City’s hispanic community.   […]

Grid Tied Solar Power Billboards

Insider is running a series on solar power and billboards.  Last week Kevin Conlin, the President of Autonomous Power Solutions gave an intro to solar energy and billboards.  Today he talks about grid-tied billboards.  Kevin’s firm has done work for Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Ralston Outdoor and Sign-Ads. Kevin, what […]

Company of the Day – Arizona Billboards

Company:  Arizona Billboards Headquarters:  Phoenix, AZ Markets: Arizona Email:  salesinfo@arizonabillboards.com Arizona Billboards is an Arizona small business enterprise providing personal service and operated by experienced outdoor advertising executives and long time Phoenix land owners and developers. Paid Advertisement

Nancy Fletcher on the benefits of out of home advertising.

By Nancy Fletcher, President, Outdoor Advertising Association of America. A new report from Deloitte – saying advertising boosts the economy – includes a powerful “kicker” about the benefits of out of home (OOH) advertising. First, the big picture. Deloitte says every euro spent on advertising generates a seven-fold boost to […]

Company of the Day: Arizona Billboard Company

Company: Arizona Billboard Company Market: Arizona. Headquarters: Tanque Verde Road #103, Tucson, AZ  85749 Phone: 877-882-9250 Arizona Billboard Company operates a plant of bus benches, bus shelters, billboards and mobile billboards in Arizona.  The company’s principal markets are: Phoenix Tuscon Nogales Wilcox Green Valley Yuma The company has been in […]

Driverless Car Update

Don’t underestimate the ability of politicians to get it wrong when it comes to driverless cars.  There’s a bill in the Massachusetts legislature which would tax driverless cars by the mile, allow municipalities to ban driverless cars and require that all driverless cars be emission free!  A bad approach to […]

Best Wishes Conner Poe

Conner Poe is stepping down as President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia to take a position as Vice President of Government Affairs of Norfolk Southern Railroad.  We can think of no better way to send him off than with an image generated by Billboardface, a smartphone app which […]