January 19, 2017 Chicago, IL — Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc., today announced that its Chicago Division was awarded the prestigious Torch Award from the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics is the most prominent award the BBB presents to a business. […]
Andrea Messimer Henley has 20 years experience in out of home advertising sales. Today Andrea reviews winning strategies for the three types of out of home sales calls. First appointment. The 1,2,3 strategy. Probe to find two needs and one want. Uncovering multiple client needs will always close the deal. […]
By Nick Coston Back in fall of 2001, when I moved from magazine ad sales to OOH sales, I sold 14 x 48 bulletins on I 95 north of Baltimore, for $3,500 per month. No mobile tech add-ons, no eyes-on weekly impressions, no Radar, no real-time vehicle detection data, no […]
This week’s out of home design tips come from a blog post by Michael Baily, Graphic Designer, Independent’s Service Corp. Insider wishes to thank Allen Atkins of ISCO for permission to reprint. Here we have two billboard designs from an advertiser new to out of home advertising. These two […]
Company: Arena Outdoor Advertising Markets: Nevada. Headquarters: 1380 US Highway 95A N, Suite 2-209, Fernley, NV 89408 Phone: 775-835-4250 Email: rk@arenaoa.com Arena Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Northern Nevada. The company’s founder is Robert Kennerson. The company has been building signs in Nevada along I-80 near the towns of […]
By Matthew Noll, Marketing Communications Manager, EMC Outdoor Byte, KilobyteMegabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte, Yottabyte, Brontobyte, Geopbyte. (Yup… Brontobyte…Sounds like something from the Flintstones, but ok, sure…) We’ve all heard about Big Data, it’s everywhere in the news. But what does this all mean for Out of Home? Let’s start with establishing a sense […]
By Chris Cowlbeck Some people know a font as a stone receptacle full of water used in baptisms at churches. Before computers, most folks had no idea what a font in design might have been, not to mention what a good one was. Fonts are used in typesetting in the […]
We have previously posted on the Piccadilly Circus project, but this article from Daktronics provides an interesting perspective from the manufacturer. Thanks to Daktronics for their permission to post. An iconic site, Piccadilly Circus has been shut off for the first time since World War Two. The site that has […]
Company: Anderson Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 9 Azalea Drive, Key West, FL 33040 Markets: The Florida Keys Phone: 305.294.5479 Email: AOAKW@AOL.COM Anderson Outdoor Advertising has been helping brands capitalize for over 22 years in the Florida Keys. They offer solar powered bus shelters, airport LCD monitors and backlit signs at both the airport and ferry […]
Milestone Systems open platform video management software is being used to deploy a unique, video-analytics-based, “smart” digital billboard advertising solution. General Motors (GM) was seeking an innovative way to reach potential buyers and highlight the key features of its new Chevrolet Malibu. Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising […]
