Neil Bell owns New South Outdoor which operates 5 digital billboards in Auburn and Opelika Alabama. He also owns Ripple Feed, a company which provides software to allow customers to automatically load ads into a digital sign’s content management system. The system costs $29-$65/month, depending on the number of ads which are […]
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Company of the Day: Coastal Outdoor Advertising
Company: Coastal Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Jersey Headquarters: PO Box 632, Far Hills, NJ 07391 Phone: 908-378-5464 Email: info@coastaloutdoor.com Coastal Outdoor Advertising operates 20 high profile, large format advertising bulletins including 8 digital faces across highly traveled streets and expressways in New Jersey. The company is owned by Frank Nataro. Nataro […]
Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative
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 weeks rating is […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Texas Layoffs
Clear Channel Outdoor is going through a round of layoffs in Texas. Not a surprise that most of the negative reviews of Clear Channel Outdoor on Glass Door are Texas employees. Downsizing is never good for morale. Insider supposes that revenue is off and the layoffs are necessary to meet cashflow […]
West Hollywood Considers Iconic Belltower Billboard.
WEWHOville reports that The West Hollywood City Council will be asked to endorse an iconic proposed billboard known as “The Belltower” on Sunrise Boulevard. The project is a collaboration of Orange Barrel Media, Tom Wiscombe Architecture, the Museaum of Contemporary Art and Walter P Moore engineers. If approved the project […]
Thank Goodness For The Rule of Law
Next time you get irritated with your local zoning officials take a step back and thank your stars that you don’t live in Hungary. Portfolio reports that the Hungarian government is trying to: Make every billboard illegal whether it is on public or private land. Issue “concessions” to government favored […]
Sussex County Approves New Billboard Rules
CapeGazette reports that the Sussex County Council passed a new sign ordinance which brings to a close a 13 month new sign moratorium. The ordinance passed 5-0. Here’s a summary of the final rules. Separate billboard regulations for 2- and 4-lane roads including maximum heights of 25 feet on […]
OAAA’s Steve Nicklin on Outdoor Marketing
Steve Nicklin is Vice President of Marketing for OAAA. Steve provides OAAA members, ad agencies, and advertisers with marketing insights and trends, oversees the OAAA marketing research function, and monitors ad spend performance of the OOH industry. His career has encompassed marketing leadership in the cable TV, radio, and retail […]
Hurricane Matthew Damages Billboards
Hurricane Matthew generated winds of 70-107 miles an hour as it pushed along the Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina coasts earlier this week. Insider has received the following reports about Hurricane Matthew: “The west coast of Florida was spared. We have not had damage from the Georgia […]
Company of the Day: Griffin Outdoor
Company: Griffin Outdoor Markets: Florida Headquarters: PO Box 7104 Pensacola, FL 32534 Phone: 877-474-3308 Email: robert@griffinoutdoor.com Griffin Outdoor Advertising, Inc. was founded in 2002 in Pensacola, Florida by Robert Griffin. Mr. Griffin has worked in the outdoor advertising industry since 1979. He has an extensive background in site development across […]