Creative

Rate This Ad By Wes Frick

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Milkmoney to sell Virtual Billboards in Paris Hilton’s Metaverse

Los Angeles, CA – February 18, 2022 – MilkMoney, the leading marketplace for out-of-home (OOH) media buying, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Paris Hilton to manage, operate and sell billboard advertisements in Paris World’s Metaverse on Roblox.  Debuting as part of Paris Hilton’s first-ever virtual fashion week […]

Troy Sucks At Fishing

Insider always appreciates when we hear from our readers.  On Friday we received a call asking if we knew anything about the Troy Sucks at Fishing billboard which was going viral.  We quickly determined that Franklin Outdoor was the source of the posting and reached out to Dan Franklin for […]

Rate This Ad by Wes Frick

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Celebrates Black History Month

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is celebrating the Black History Month theme for 2022 of “Health & Wellness.” The company is running digital creative (attached) spotlighting individuals, past and present, at the forefront of fostering and advancing good health and wellness within, and beyond, the Black community. In addition, some of […]

Lamar Advertising to Use Digital Network to Spread the Love on Valentines Day

Baton Rouge, LA – February 11, 2022 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, today announced that the company is supporting the ‘Love on Every Billboard’ campaign by donating space on digital billboards across the U.S. During Valentine’s Day weekend, Lamar […]

A Super Bowl Update – The Joe Burrow Billboard

Two years ago, Insider published a piece on the importance of involving young people in the billboard industry. In honor of the 2022 Super Bowl and Bengals quarterback, Joe Burrow, I wanted to provide an update on this topic. Who designed the Joe Burrow billboard? The billboard was designed by […]

A Fix for the Content Blues

By Gina Kuck, Business Development, Daktronics National Account Do you ever feel like you’re having a Groundhog Day experience? Scene: Groundhog Day, the movie (1993) Plot Summary: A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on […]

OUTFRONT Celebrates Black History Month

NEW YORK, NY – February 4, 2022 – OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) is proud to launch its Black History Month campaign in partnership with 100 Black Men of America, Inc. titled “I’m Next,” which celebrates and supports black youth and black mentorship across the country. 100 Black Men of America […]

Wes Frick On What’s In a Good OOH Ad

Wes Frick is a free lance billboard designer located in Denver, Colorado.  His company is Wes Frick Design.   Billboard Insider talked with Frick about what makes an effective out of home ad. How did you get into out of home ad design? I graduated college and worked at Lamar designing […]