Bob Klausmeier has had a varied career with stints as an out-of-home industry executive, out-of-home journalist and digital sign OEM executive. He is co-managing partner for Prime-Site Media an outdoor advertising company with 14 digital signs in Southern Michigan. Bob also operates digital sign industry consulting business. During 2013 Klausmeier […]
Yesterday Insider wrote about a 10 by 24 billboard digital billboard which generates a 34% IRR because it has a cheap lease and the owner does not pay sales commissions. In a normal scenario assuming 20% sales commissions and a 20% lease cost that digital billboard still generates a 17% […]
Digital signs can be a great success even when they’re not on a freeway. Here’s a real life success story from one of Billboard Loans clients. The client installed a 10 by 24 sign on a secondary road leading to a Costco. One side of the sign was static and […]
DANVILLE, Ill. – (August 10, 2016) – Owners of Watchfire digital billboards and on premise LED signs can download free widgets that allow marketers to integrate up-to-the-minute medal counts for the top five countries on their digital displays. Click to Tweet. “The summer games are a period of great national […]
Daktronics OOH Advertising has given Insider permission to reprint this Daktronics OOH Advertising post about a creative use of a drone to capture digital sign footage. Insider thinks more companies should consider using drones to capture sign footage. By Daktronics OOH Advertising Park Outdoor Advertising, headquartered in Ithaca, NY, owns […]
Insider has written before that T-Rex has been suing digital sign manufacturers and the outdoor advertising firms which use their products alleging patent violations. Watchfire, Formetco and Daktronics has settled with T-Rex. Samsung/Yesco hasn’t. Broadsign, a digital out of home software and solutions provider, is fighting back. Here’s a statement released […]
By Bill Ripp, VP Digital Development, Lamar Advertising and chairman of OAAA Digital Billboard Committee. Getting hacked is like having a heart attack. You probably won’t have one, but if you do, you’ll wonder what you could have done to prevent it. New tools are available to dramatically reduce the […]
Do you understand all of the LED digital billboard technical terminology and specifications? Do you wonder what all of these terms mean and how to make an informed purchase decision? Formetco has prepared a series of whiteboard presentations explaining the technical terminology and specifications of an LED digital billboard one […]
Hartford Business Journal has written an article titled “Electronic billboards making a serious run at CT eyeballs.” Two thing in the article caught Insider’s eye. The former Mayor of New Britain Tim Stewart was quoted as saying that New Britain supported a plan to convert static boards to digital boards […]
Are you doing enough to keep your digital signs safe. Insider has written here and here about the importance of hack-proofing your digital billboards. The OAAA is conducting a Digital Billboard Security webinar from 11am to 12 pm, pacific standard time, on July 25, 2016 In this webinar, experts will […]
