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Company of the Day: Durden Outdoor Displays

Company: Durden Outdoor Displays Markets: Alabama 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. In 1959 Earl Durden began working for his cousin Foy Ready at the “Heart […]

Why Insider joined OAAA and why you should too.

Circle City Outdoor, the owner of the Billboard Insider website, operates a small outdoor advertising plant in Indiana and Iowa. We watch every penny.   We are an operator associate of the IBOUSA.  Last month we also joined the OAAA for three reasons. Advocacy. No one does a better job […]

Outfront Hires Melby As Chief Technology Officer

NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today OUTFRONT Media (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, announced the hire of Joel Melby, who will serve as the company’s Chief Technology Officer.  In his new role, Melby will oversee the development and engineering team that is […]

What Employees Think of Clear Channel, Outfront, Lamar and JCDecaux

Not a bad idea to monitor what employees and potential employees say about your company on Glass Door.  Glass Door has a database of more than 8 million company reviews, interview reviews and salary reports.  Here are the average Glass Door rankings for the four public outdoor companies together with […]

Company of the Day: Bedgood Outdoor

Company: Bedgood Outdoor Markets: North Carolina Headquarters: 4541 Forest Cove Rd, Belmont, NC  28012 Phone:  704-825-8579 Email: parrochie@aol.com Bedgood Outdoor advertising is a Charlotte billboard that has been proudly serving the Charlotte and Gastonia market for over 38 years.  Bedgood Outdoor advertising had the first Digital board in Charlotte and […]

Solar Power and Billboards

Insider has been skeptical of solar power and billboards.  Batteries run down and then it takes two days of sun for the lights to come back on.  Also the equipment is generally unreliable and expensive. IQ Power systems is developing a better solar alternative: a hybrid solar/generator system. The system […]

Company of the Day: Atlantic Outdoor

Company: Atlantic Outdoor Markets: New York Headquarters: 65 Central Park West, Suite 1F, New York, NY  10023 Phone: 212-787-1500 Email: info@atlanticoutdoor.com Atlantic Outdoor specializes in premium billboard locations in Manhattan and the surrounding New York City boroughs.  The company was founded in 1997.  Atlantic Outdoor should not be confused with […]

Will Billboards Work For My Business

Mobile and youtube need to be a part of your outdoor company’s marketing strategy.  Here’s an outstanding 3 minute video from Kegerreis Outdoor titled “Will Billboards Work For My Business”.  Some people would rather watch than read and this short marketing piece does an excellent job communicating the benefits of […]

Billboard Birthday Cakes – Part II

On October 1  we did a post about a Joyce Outdoor Billboard birthday cake.  Jessica Clark a digital marketing specialist at Porter Outdoor Advertising read the post and sent Insider a picture of a “Billboard Cake” she designed for Porter’s Indiana Sales Manager Steve Rankin when he retired after 20 years of service. […]

Broadsign’s Tech Guru On The Future of Outdoor

Bryan Mongeau is a co-founder and VP Technology at BroadSign, a company which provides software solutions to outdoor advertising companies. BroadSign has an automated platform which powers over 120,000 digital signage displays in venues such as airports, cinemas, shopping malls and offices.  Mongeau has 16 years experience in software development […]