Creative

The Cookie Monster Mural Prank

A fun post for Friday although the landlord  who was pranked didn’t see the humor.  The New York Times says someone impersonated the owner of a building in Peoria, Illinois.  The impersonator paid an artist to paint a mural on the wall of a commercial building over the Thanksgiving weekend.  […]

Melody Roberts on Who Owns The Design

In Who Owns The Design, Billboard Insider asked for comments on whether an Out of Home company should restrict the uses of  the creative it generates.  Out of Home Creative’s Melody Roberts comments: I haven’t listened to the OAAA legal seminar, so I can only provide insight into how my […]

Kinetic Wins OAAA Media Plan of the Year

WASHINGTON D.C. (December 17, 2020) – Today, the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire out of home (OOH) advertising industry, announced the winners of its 21st Annual OOH Media Plan of the Year awards. This year’s OOH Media Plan of the […]

Who Owns the Design?

On last week’s OAAA legal seminar, Rich Zecchino said Adams Outdoor requires that any creative work Adams generates cannot be used on other platforms.  This idea is to prevent a client from using a small Out of Home ad buy to generate ad creative which is used for Facebook advertising, […]

Daily Billboard’s 3 of a Kind: Dear Santa

This festive season, Daily Billboard thought we’d showcase three billboards from different industries making the most of the holidays and either trying to stay off Santa’s naughty list or sending their Christmas present requests. First up is a clever copy-only ‘bad or good’ ad creative from Wells Fargo bank highlighting […]

Most Ancient Billboard in the World?

By Dr. Saikrishna Gajavelly, CEO Mera Hoardings Out Of Home Advertising Roots Found In Ancient India Date Backs To 3-5000Bc Outdoor advertising is one of the most affordable forms of marketing in the Sign industry. Even the ancient world had Billboards or Signboards something a lot like them. Indus valley […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board 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 […]

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 […]

Salvation Army Transforms Chicago’s Red Line into Rescue Christmas Express

CHICAGO – From now until January 3, The Salvation Army is transforming the CTA Red Line into the Rescue Christmas Express. The exterior and interior of two train cars are wrapped to match the colors of the iconic Red Kettles. The cars will feature messaging on the unprecedented need in […]

Brad Getter on a Great Out of Home Ad Design Tool

Signage Expert Brad Getter (www.bradgetter.com)  highlighted a great design tool while commenting on this week’s Rate This Ad column by Melody Roberts. Melody’s review of the Tachi Palace ad was spot on.  This is an issue I’ve seen far too often, and this kind of art is what gives outdoor […]