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Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor

Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Email: sales@microoutdoor.com Micro Outdoor Advertising owns over 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland.   Many of the boards are double stacks.   The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds April 18, 2026

“We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of the ad and my column this year.”  Greg Callaham, Greg Callaham Graphic Design “The classified ad is working on Billboard Insider.”  Karla Steele, K Steele Solutions […]

Rothfelder and Falick on Billboard Law

At this weeks IBO Conference, Richard Rothfelder, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick had an engaging discussion about aspects of billboard law focused around their new book.  Here is an excerpt from that discussion as they consider some of the key legal issues facing the OOH industry. Vested Rights and Local […]

Day 2 of the IBO Spring Conference in 4 Quotes

Here’s a summary of day two of the Spring 2026 IBO show in four quotes. Gina Stratford says don’t sell people something that won’t work The worst thing we can do is take the buy knowing it cannot be successful…We don’t want people telling people not to buy out of […]

Company of the Day: McBride Signs

Company: McBride Sign Company. Markets: Virginia Address: PO Box 622 Lynchburg, VA. 24505 Email: scott@mcbridesigns.com Phone: 434-847-4151 McBride sign company operates an out of home plant with 85 total faces including 3 digital faces in Virginia.  The company was founded in 1937.  In addition to Billboards McBride designs, manufacturers and […]

Day 1 of the IBO Spring Conference in Seven Quotes

Bill Durden on how to market empty billboards Stop putting up phone numbers on billboards.  Start building your brand…If we can’t make ourselves famous how do we make our clients famous. Northrim Bank’s Steve Haggard on entering the out of home lending business We are looking at loans of $5-15 […]

Bill Durden says stop putting your phone number on empty billboards

At yesterday’s Spring 2026 IBO show Bill Durden of Durden Outdoor encouraged independent billboard companies to use empty billboards to build their brands.  Here’s a summary of his comments together with some of his billboards: “Around 2015 I had a voicemail intro on my cell phone…The voicemail said “I can’t […]

SignValue’s JCDecaux at a Glance – December 2025

SignValue has prepared this analysis on JCDecaux’s December 2025 financials.   If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analyst for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480–657–8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in […]

Company of the Day – Mashburn Outdoor

Company: Mashburn Outdoor Headquarters: 2555 Marietta Highway, Ste. 102, Canton, GA 30114 Markets: Atlanta, GA & Huntsville, AL Phone: (877) 413-3683 Email: info@mashburnoutdoor.com Led by Richard Mashburn, Mashburn Outdoor has owned and operated over 1,100 traditional and digital billboard faces throughout the Southeast since they were founded in 2009.  Mashburn […]

The Art of Cold Calling for Billboard Sales

By John Mulholland 3, DOT Outdoor, Partner I have been making cold call sales for outdoor advertising for over 30 years.   I thought I would share some tips with you.   The hardest part is overcoming the fear of making the call in the first place.  So look for a reason. […]