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Company of the Day: 9 Outdoor & 6 Outdoor

Company:  9 Outdoor & 6 Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma Address: 7401 North Kelley Ave, Oklahoma City, OK. 73111 (9 Outdoor) and 303 North Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK. 74103 (6 Outdoor). Email: brown.douglas@griffin.news Phone: 405-812-3456 9 Outdoor and 6 Outdoor are affiliated companies which operate a billboard plant with 73 total faces including 26 digital billboard faces.  […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds April 8, 2023

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 […]

What the Public US Out of Home CEO’s are Thinking

Here’s a selection of comments by Lamar CEO Sean Reilly, OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male and Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells at the 2023 OAAA Geopath Show CEO panel. Scott Wells says the first quarter is slow but next year looks OK Things slowed down toward the end of last […]

Fotofetch Shot of the Week

Getting the right shot for you means that FotoFetch has to listen to your specific needs and wants.  A great photographer will make sure to get the best possible shot that fits your vision. When you trust a photographer, you have to believe in your directions and that they will […]

Stop Spending Your Time Drilling Dry Wells

One of the great conundrums of life is the amount of time the average OOH salesperson spends with prospects who never become clients.  A person could argue that the vast majority of a salesperson’s “selling time” is actually spent drilling dry wells.  You could even say that its just the […]

Company of the Day: Your Big Sign

Company:  YourBigSign.com Markets:  Michigan Headquarters: 3440 Fenton Rd, Hartland, MI  48353 Phone: 2498-881-9505 Email: alan@yourbigsign.com Your Big Signs operates a billboard plant in Michigan.  Alan Pittel is the founder.  Last year Pittel was interviewed by the Glove First, a Michigan business podcast.  He says he started Your Big Signs when he was helping a friend […]

The 10 commandments of digital billboard development

Lamar’s Director of Digital Development Bill Ripp gave an outstanding talk on siting digital billboards at the 2023 OAAA conference.   Ripp has installed 4,500 digital billboards in his Lamar career. Digital siting is hard. Lamar Advertising relocates 10-20 digital signs a year and they let 10-20 digital signs fade to […]

Four Things About Link Media

Here are four things about Link Media Outdoor (the out of home subsidiary of Boston Omaha) which Billboard Insider learned by reading Boston Omaha’s 2022 10k. Acquisitions, acquisitions, acquisitions Link Media Outdoor has closed 20 out of home acquisitions totaling $240 million since 2015.  That’s a lot, but maybe not […]

Are You Involved in Local Politics? Matt Hinkle Is

The Oklahoman reports that Matt Hinkle, General Manager of Tyler Outdoor based in Oklahoma City is the newly elected city council representative representing Ward 5 in South Oklahoma City. In Tuesday’s runoff election Hinkle came out on top, barely, capturing  50.48% of the vote, beating fellow south sider Thuan Nguyen. This […]

Company of the Day – Zoom Media

Company: Zoom Media Corp. US Headquarters: 345 7th Avenue, Suite 1501 New York, NY 10001 Markets: North America, United Kingdon Phone: New York (212) 685-7981 Chicago (312) 492-7871 Email: us@zoommedia.com Zoom Media Corp. (“Zoom Media”) owns and operates GymTV, the largest gym-based TV network subscribed to by 5,000+ health clubs […]