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Chenault Saunders on Separate Rate Cards for Local and Non-profit Advertisers

On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast, Blackbird Media CEO Chenault Saunders talked about pricing structures to encourage local and non-profit advertisers to use the Nashville and Atlanta signs. A lot of local advertisers and local non profits who would want to have part of the voice on the Nashville sign […]

Patrick O’Donnell & Pete Hautem Agree on Sales Training Partnerships

Dan Nausley did an excellent job in stressing the importance of partnering with a top notch sales training group  who can provide ongoing training/coaching and reinforcement to your sales team. Insider heard from two readers reinforcing this school of thought. Patrick O’Donnell, President of YESCO Outdoor Media had this to […]

AdQuick.com and OutPoint Partner to Bring Revenue Lift Modeling Solution to Out-of-Home Advertising

LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AdQuick.com, the world’s top out-of-home (OOH) advertising platform, today announces a partnership with OutPoint, a predictive media mix modeling (MMM) platform, to enable AdQuick users to intelligently diversify and scale their advertising media mix–including their existing out-of-home campaigns. “In the wake of iOS14+, many brands are seeking […]

Company of the Day: Look Billboards

Company: Look Billboards Market:  Southern Oklahoma Headquarters: 1500 W. Broadway, Ardmore, Oklahoma Phone: 580-226-0222 LOOK Billboards operates 100+ traditional faces and 5 digital rotary-networked billboards in the following Oklahoma markets: Ardmore, Atoka, Caddo, Durant, Healdton-Wilson, Lone Grove, Madill, Springer and Sulphur-Davis. Most of the billboards are 12 by 24.  Chris Cowlbeck is the General […]

Dan Nausley – “Effective Sales Training is About A True Partnership”

Being effective in sales takes both training and experience.  In a hot economy, sales can come easily, but when businesses begin worrying about inflation  and a softening economy the importance of training and the developed skills of your salespeople become more and more important. Insider spoke with Dan Nausley of […]

Additional Thoughts on Lamar vs TxDOT

We had a number of comments from yesterdays’ article, by Richard Rothfelder, on Lamar vs TxDOT including the following post from Richard Hamlin of Hamlin Cody based in California. State officials have two types of duties, ministerial and discretionary. A discretionary duty gives the official room to interpret facts and […]

See if Your Media Plans are the Cream of the OOH Crop

Calling all OOH advertisers – The 2022 Media Plan Awards are open for entries The numbers don’t lie. The power of OOH keeps growing, so much so  that it’s now much more efficient at generating results than TV, video, radio, banner, and print ads. But great OOH campaigns don’t just […]

Geopath Names Chris Luken SVP Product

New York, NY (July 6, 2022) – Geopath, the not-for-profit organization that provides the industry-standard audience metrics for out-of-home (OOH) advertising, has named Chris Luken Senior Vice President of Product. In this new role at Geopath, Luken will focus on accelerating and expanding the suite of Geopath’s OOH audience measurement […]

Company of the Day – Mackay Advertising

Company:  Mackay Advertising Market:  Texas Headquarters:  2221 Clear Creek Court, Weatherford, TX 76087​ Phone: 817-877-1866 Email: Mike@MackayAdvertising.com Mackay Advertising was founded in 1985 and provides outdoor advertising on buses, bus benches, and billboards in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. Mackay also offers graphic design services such as: Logos, Business Cards, Brochures, […]

Rothfelder On Lamar vs TxDOT And Sovereign Immunity

The Texas Court of Appeals, for the 14th District in Houston, issued its opinion on May 12, 2022 in Lamar vs Texas Department of Transportation, holding that TxDOT has sovereign immunity against Lamar’s claims that it’s “officials interpreted the rules incorrectly when more than four years after Lamar last paid […]