Billboard Insider caught up with Jim McLaughlin. McLaughlin has almost 50 years experience in the out of home advertising industry and sits on the board of the OAAA Jim, what have you been up to since retiring as CEO of Link Media Outdoor in 2020? Hi Dave, great seeing you […]
Thanks to Kevin Gleason (CEO of Adams Outdoor) for his insights a couple weeks ago in BI about the importance of meeting out of home clients for face-to-face. They assure you will sell more OOH faster and get your increased share of the ad sales pie. You get far more […]
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 […]
Yesterday, the OAAA announced that first quarter 2023 US out of home revenues were up 1%. But there’s lots of variation in individual company out of home sales during the first quarter of 2023 to judge from a Billboard Insider’s readers poll. We asked our readers how their out of […]
As a leader, are you effectively coaching your team? It’s intriguing to come across leaders who claim, “I have highly experienced individuals who know how to perform well. I prefer to stay out of their way. If I have to get heavily involved, then I need different people.” While this […]
OOH Salesperson walks through the prospects door and greets the business owner with a big, friendly smile and wonders if they ever considered billboard advertising to get their message out. It’s their lucky day! We have an available board right near their location…it’s perfect for their business AND I’ve got […]
A fallacy that many leaders buy into is that to be fair and equitable to the people who are part of my team, I need to treat each of them exactly the same. It’s understandable…most of us have heard some form of that most of our lives. I would beg […]
Last week Billboard Insider asked Adams Outdoor CEO Kevin Gleason what’s on his mind and he said this: It’s been an interesting journey over the past few years navigating through the impact of the Covid crisis. But the OOH industry is amazingly resilient and has emerged from this challenging environment […]
New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor, Airports Division, the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), announced today the results of a comprehensive consumer insights study reinforcing airport advertising is a highly-effective media for brands to reach a valuable audience of Frequent Flyers. The CCO-commissioned […]
As a professional OOH salesperson, do you have an intentional method to how you manage your book of business? Have you broken down your clients into strategic categories with a defined approach as to how you are going to manage those relationships? It’s a bit of a rhetorical question…after 45 […]
