On last week’s Lamar Advertising earnings call an analyst asked Sean Reilly why out of home is doing so well and he said this. There is share shift going on…You’ve heard me over the years talk about what’s going on with local media as they struggle with their audience. You […]
Neil Bell and Kevin Gephart are hosting the 2022 Outdoor Advertising Sales Instructional Summit June 1-2 at the Doubletree at the Battery in Atlanta, Georgia. The event is sponsored by Selective Structures, Signbird and Watchfire Signs. The event originally sold out but enrollment has reopened after Bell and Gephart secured […]
Billboard Insider looks at a lot of out of home websites and we are amazed how many out of home companies still haven’t mobile optimized their websites. The sites look fine on a desktop but are impossible to read or navigate on a phone. If your site isn’t mobile optimized […]
Q1 2022 ad spending rose +13% according to Standard Media Index who captures actual invoicing data from all major holding companies and most major independents, representing 95% of national brand ad spend. Overall March 2022 continued to push upward from last month, breaking a new record high for the month […]
April 11, 2022 (Washington, DC) – Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue increased 16.7 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, accounting for $7.1 billion, based on figures released by the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Digital OOH (DOOH) is leading the overall growth, and the […]
We received several comments on last Friday’s gifts for out of home clients post Grey Outdoor owner Grey Vick says restaurant or coffee cards are good. Every year we send gift cards to clients around Christmas from other local customers businesses to support them just like your story here. We sent […]
Gifts can build rapport with clients but you need to know your client before you give a gift. Some companies don’t permit employees to receive gifts. Some companies limit gifts to a certain dollar amount. You also need to make sure your gift is appropriate. Here’s a story about the […]
On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast Dave Westburg interviewed SignBird founder John James and Formetco Digital Billboard Sales Manager Britt McConnell about how to effectively market digital signs. John, what’s in a good sign photo? The common denominator that everybody can agree on is that…there should be traffic in every […]
As an investor conference earlier this month OUTFRONT’s Jeremy Male identified sports betting as a high growth area for out of home. Billboard Insider talked to Intersection CRO Michael Rosen to get his thoughts on sports betting and out of home. What types of OOH are of most interest to […]
New South Outdoor founder Neil Bell talked with Billboard Insider about a sales rep training event which he is organizing. Neil, I hear you’re putting together a sales training event for out of home sales reps. Can you tell us more about it? Yes. I tend to get pulled in […]
