Company: Triad Outdoor Markets: North Carolina. Headquarters: 141 Industrial Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27406 Phone: 336-379-8420 Email: dhill@triadinvestmentco.com Triad Investment Company is a family owned North Carolina Corporation located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Triad has been in a commercial real estate brokerage and development firm in the Piedmont-Triad area of North […]
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OAAA Safety Seminar
You need to be vigilant about safety procedures in a world where your workers can be electrocuted by power lines and hurt by falling off billboard structures. Three months ago a safety harness saved the life of a Southeastern Displays employee who fell off a sign. OAAA is hosting a safety […]
Wingate Media Runs Rejected Christian Billboard Ad
Wingate Media Group decided to run this advertisement for the film God’s Not Dead 2 after the billboard ad was rejected by Orange Barrel Media, a Cleveland Outdoor advertising company. The billboard promotes a pending movie release about a school teacher who gets in trouble with the school district for mentioning […]
Retired FWHA official opposes ads on traffic signs.
We’ve written before that Texas and California are considering whether to have their state transportation agencies to sell advertising on their own traffic safety signs. A career Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) employee speaks against the proposals in “Highway traffic signs are for public purposes, not for commercial advertising.” Any proposal to […]
Safety Harness Saved Billboard Worker’s Life
Daily News reported in April 2016 a safety harness saved a Southeastern Displays employee’s life when he fell from a billboard. Worker Dwayne Butts fell 8 feet while attempting to attach vinyl to a billboard. His safety harness caught him and prevented him from falling to the ground. Insider’s Take: […]
Moving to Canada?
Insider saw this Linkedin post from Jeff Cook, who owns a real estate firm in Charleston. We are reprinting with his permission. Moving to Canada? By Jeff Cook | July 20th, 2016 My billboards have always been a huge staple in my success. They’re big, they’re funny, and as some […]
Ogilvy on Advertising.
If you read one book on advertising it should be Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy. My edition dates to 1985 but the advice is timeless. Ogilvy was a college dropout/kitchen cook/door-to-door salesman who founded the Ogilvy and Mather ad agency. He was a gifted writer. In case you […]
Company of the Day: Turner Outdoor Advertising
Company: Turner Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 940 Eikel Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130 Phone: 830-609-SIGN Email: info@turneroutdooradvertising.com Turner outdoor advertising has been in South Central Texas for 25 years. The company has 25 billboard structures located on I-55 between San Marcos and San Antonio. Most of the billboards are […]
Company of the Day: Toby Outdoor
Company: Toby Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Virginia Headquarters: P.O. Box 11397, Charlotte, NC 28220 Phone: 704-577-3157 Toby Outdoor was founded in 1984 by Jim Troy. Jim’s career in the outdoor business began as an apprentice in operations and sign maintenance in 1971. This apprenticeship lasted 7 years, thru high school […]
The Next Data Play – Billboard Companies
Seeking Alpha has an interesting article posted on the opportunities for billboard companies to become the next generation of data carriers. Some excerpts from the article: Data will grow dramatically over the next 10-20 years. Seeking Alpha views tower companies great long term investments. They see billboard companies as an under […]