Company: Johnson Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 102 North Mays Street, Round Rock, Texas Phone: 512-255-4300 Email: ajohnson@johnsonadv.com Johnson Outdoor advertising is a family owned company with a billboard plant in Texas. The company entered outdoor advertising in 1978 with a sign in Houston. Archie Johnson is the firm’s General […]
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What you need to know about OSHA’s new rule
By Myron Laible, OAAA WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 17) — As the Obama Administration winds down, its Department of Labor issued a new safety rule for general industry walking-working surfaces and personal fall protection, including billboards. Summary The new rule phases out an existing exemption for workers climbing on billboard […]
Birds and Billboards.
Insider has had problems with pigeons roosting on his Circle City Outdoor billboards. Lisa Atkinson of Premium Outdoor tells Insider that giant buzzards have a fondness for her billboards. Insider asked David English the Sales and Operations Manager of Ad-Trend, Inc. for his thoughts about keeping birds off billboards. Ad-Trend, […]
Matt O’Connor on the AdQuick automated outdoor buying platform
Yesterday AdQuick.com launched an online marketplace for buying and selling out of home advertising. The AdQuick founding team is made up of Silicon Valley techies. Insider interviewed AdQuick’s co-founder and CEO Matt O’Connor about the company. Prior to founding AdQuick, O’Connor worked for Amazon and Instacart. The founding team comes […]
Work Smarter With Daktronics: Sign Legislation
Daktronics held their first of six webinars in their Work Smarter series yesterday. If you are interested in participating in the remaining free webinars just go to this link. Sign Legislation presented by Roger Brown Roger is an expert on digital sign legislation and regulation. Nearly 10 years ago he was […]
Company of the Day – Stein Sign Displays
Company: Stein Sign Display Headquarters: 2020 4th Ave SW, Watertown SD Market: South Dakota Phone: 605.886.4616 Email: stuart@steinsigndisplay.com Stein Sign Display was founded in 1952 by Clint L. Stein. After serving in the Air Force and returning from World War II, Clint started working at Ralph’s Neon. He later purchased it and named […]
4 Ways Shady Outdoor Brokers Try to Cheat You
Many of you have used brokers when you buy or sell outdoor advertising assets. There are many quality brokers with outstanding reputations like Kalil & Co or Johnsen Fretty. There are other outdoor advertising brokers who operate unethically. Here are four ways that shady brokers try to cheat you. They […]
Adquick.com Offers Tech-Forward Way to Buy Outdoor
Nov 16, 2016 — Los Angeles, Calif. — AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor and out-of-home (OOH) advertising, formally launched to the public today. AdQuick provides a platform for any individual or business to seamlessly execute self-service outdoor marketing campaigns. For the first time, AdQuick’s platform allows for […]
5 Things I Learned from Starting My Own Business
We are always looking for articles that we can all learn from. Thanks to Melody Roberts of Out of Home Creative for sharing what she has learned as a business owner. Fear is a great motivator. Building a business takes one step at a time. Those two things I have […]
Company of the Day: Divine Outdoor
Company: Divine Outdoor Advertising Markets: Florida Headquarters: 11415 Harder Rd, Clermont, FL 34711 Phone: 352-394-4850 Email: ddivine@cfl.rr.com Divine Outdoor Advertising is a privately held billboard company serving South Clermont and Four Corners, Florida. The company was started in 2001. The company’s billboards are located west of the Walt Disney world […]