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 Phoenix, Southern Arizona and Tuscon. The company has been in business for over 30 years and is run […]
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Billboards Aren’t Just For Businesses
Businesses are front and center in the outdoor industry sales effort. Don’t forget non-business clients, however, as can be seen from two news items today. The Eagle reports that the FBI is using billboards with enhanced pictures of a suspect to try to solve a bank robbery/murder case in Rochester. […]
Company Of The Day: Waitt Outdoor
Company: Waitt Outdoor Markets: Southern Minnesota, Iowa, Eastern Nebraska, Missouri Address: 4717 F Street, Omaha, NE, 68117 Phone: 402-330-2520 Email: mdelich@waittoutdoor.com Waitt Outdoor owns billboards on interstate corridors throughout the Midwest including Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. Waitt Outdoor is owned by Michael Delich and Norman Waitt. Norman Waitt also owns Bobby […]
OAAA Exposes Digital’s Reality Problem
March 21, 2016 – The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) today releases a white paper that demonstrates the value of OOH media in a world where digital’s effectiveness and trustworthiness has been thrown into question. “This Is What Reality Looks Like,” written in partnership with agency of record Partners […]
Company Of The Day: George Lay Signs
Company of the Day: George Lay Signs Market: Kansas Headquarters: 1016 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67203-3999 Phone: 800-888-0433 George Lay Signs is a family-owned Wichita based signs company and billboard business. The company was started in 1955 when George Lay quit his job designing neon signs for Wichita’s leading sign […]
From The Archives: John Siegenthaler on Lindsprings
Insider originally published this post on October 28, 2015. John Siegenthaler of Lind Outdoor has developed the innovative Signsprings system for replacing the billboard vinyl strap system with a set of springs. The system allows for faster vinyl changes though the use of a hooked spring rather than straps. John […]
From The Archives: Interview with Alec Avedissian, Rareform
This post was originally published October 14, 2015. We interviewed Alec Avedissian, founder of Rareform, a California company which recycles billboard vinyl into backpacks, totes, laptop sleeves and and surf bags. 1. Alec, tell Insider a little about yourself. I was born and raised here in Southern California. I attended […]
From The Archives: Matthew Trotter, Trotter Outdoor
This interview was published on September 22, 2015. Insider met Trotter at an IBOUSA meeting. Matthew Trotter of Trotter Outdoor operates a plant of 172 static billboards and 6 digital billboards in 17 communities in South Carolina. The family-owned company is headquartered in Saluda, South Carolina. Trotter had some […]
From The Archives: Chet Atkins, Jersey Premier Outdoor
Chet Atkins has been in the outdoor business for 35 years. After stints at Steen Outdoor and Matthew Outdoor, he formed his own outdoor company in 1997. Jersey Premier Outdoor owns over 70 digital / static billboards with over 100 faces in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland and Florida. […]
From The Archives: Insider Interviews Justin Powell, Huntington Outdoor
Justin Powell is an impressive young man in a hurry. How many 26-year-olds do you know who have founded a billboard company with 150 faces? Justin graduated from Liberty University with a BS in Business Management and started Huntington Outdoor in 2008. Huntington is headquartered in Greenville, Ohio and focuses […]
