Creative

Get Your Kicks on Route 66

By Nick Coston When you think of billboard towns, it’s easy to conjure up New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Philadelphia is awesome too especially when driving north on I-95 through the heart of the city. Billboard heaven on both sides of the road, nice and low so you can […]

Pass It On Dolly

Insider thought this image was appropriate for the sad news we all received today.  Rest in Jesus’ arms Dolly.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title.  Our newsletter is free and we don’t sell our subscriber […]

Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham

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 […]

Out of Home campaign asks, What’s in Tequila?

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PATRÓN® Tequila, the world’s number one super-premium tequila*, today unveiled a bold new campaign inviting drinkers to ask a simple question: what’s actually in your tequila? For PATRÓN, the answer has always been the same: 100% Weber Blue Agave, water, and yeast. No […]

Mary Ellen Pap – Self Promo

We’ve been running some examples of creative self-promo billboards.  Gila River Outdoor’s Mary Ellen (“Mel”) Pap  runs her picture as a self promo on her signs.  We talked with her to learn more Mel, how did you get into out of home advertising.    My background includes all forms of […]

What do corporate swag and billboards have in common? Turns out—a lot.

They both have the reputation of being ignorable. An afterthought. Easily discarded. This campaign pushes back. Jaxxon Promotions has been advertising on Lancaster, PA billboards for a while. That part’s not news. What’s new is who built this one. They tapped us and asked for something compelling and unexpected! Something […]

Tyler Media Kinda Chic Self Promo

Billboard Insider talked with Rick Newcomer, SVP of Sales at Tyler Outdoor Advertising about a new self-promo campaign Tyler is running. What’s the program? We decided to embrace the “Kinda Chic” social media trend and created a campaign around it. Where did the idea come from? The creative was developed […]

Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham

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 […]

“Hey, Let’s Add in a Billboard and See What Happens”.

By Nick Coston Years ago, when I first started out in OOH, say around 2001, Clear Channel Radio bought a well-known OOH company, Eller Media. The new name became Clear Channel Worldwide, combining both the power of radio and outdoor media. The thought was that consumers would be in their […]

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

By Nick Coston, You’ve heard me say it thousands of times, I love, love, love OOH. All of it, not just some. Even digital urinal screens. Say what? Yep, you heard me right. Digital Urinal Screens. While reading a few of my peeps posts on LinkedIn, I came across a […]