A feel good story for Monday. Yesterday Billboard Insider read that Cafes Joyeux, a French cafe chain which hires people with mental disabilities and autism, is opening a branch in New York City in 2023. The chain was started by a couple of entrepreneurs who were approached one day […]
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Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham
Rate This Ad 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 week’s rating is […]
Company of the Day: Premiere/Art Outdoor
Company: Premiere/Art Outdoor Advertising Markets: Montana Address: 623 Mountain View Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718 Email: mclyde21@gmail.com Phone: 406-599-5909 Premiere Outdoor operates a 192 face out of home plant in the following markets: Missoula, Great Falls, Helena and Bozeman. The company was formed in 1990. How did Premiere get involved in the out of home business? […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds October 8, 2022
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager. We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified” Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]
Selling Contract Renewals Faster
Just like the pumpkin spice lattes, contract renewal time is here. Begin the conversation with your client no later than 90 days before the end of the contract, allowing time for the process and, if need be, time to get the unit(s) back in inventory. Clients make up their mind […]
Selective Structures Turns 20!
Congratulations to Selective Structures! With billboards, scoreboards and custom sign work jobs found all over the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, Nigeria & even the West Indies, Selective Structures had been blessed with booming business over these last 20 years. Their customers have included NASCAR, one of […]
Choice Media Acquires Sadau Outdoor Advertising
SADAU OUTDOOR ADVERTISING in Dalhart, Texas has sold to Choice Media of Amarillo. “We feel blessed to have been the chosen buyer for Katherine Sadau,” said Brad Tooley, Choice Media CEO . Katherine and her late husband Kenneth started this business in Dalhart in 1981! Choice Media, headquartered in Amarillo, […]
Speakers Announced for October World Out of Home Organization APAC Forum
Gregory Fournier, General Manager, Client Development, The Trade Desk, Asia Pacific and Daniel Tan, Managing Director, Mediakeys Singapore have joined the line-up of speakers at the World Out of Home Organization’s APAC Forum to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 11-13. The Trade Desk is one of the […]
Company of the Day: Pattison Outdoor
Company: Pattison Outdoor Markets: Canada Address: 2700 Matheson Boulevard East, Suite 500, West Tower. Mississauga, ON L4W 4V9 Phone: 905-282-6800 Pattison Outdoor is Canada’s leading out of home, transit and digital display company. The company’s plant includes 200 markets coast to coast. Pattison’s head office is in Mississauga, Ontario with 20 regional offices across […]
Readers Comment on Short vs Long-Term Contracts
Some great comments on yesterday’s Short versus Multi-Year Ad Contracts post. Meadow Outdoor’s Mike Zukin says multi-year ad contracts are a hedge. Long Term contracts are a great strategic hedge against a slow economy. We used them prior to 2008, but then increased their use after the meltdown. We sell […]