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RIP Tom Poe

Lamar Advertising senior account executive Tom Poe has died. Tom spent the last 22 years in Lamar’s Greensboro/Winston Salem office.  Prior to that he was a creative director  at Adams Advertising (1992-2003).  Tom was a Billboard Insider newsletter subscriber.  RIP Tom.  You will be missed!   To receive a free […]

OAAA at Cannes Lions 2024

Cannes Lions, the world’s largest Festival celebrating creativity and innovation in advertising, is rapidly approaching. For over 70 years, this global gathering unites the entire advertising ecosystem to honor the best creative work of the year and to convene on important industry issues to propel advertising forward. OOH is a […]

Company of th Day – Mortenson Outdoor Sign

Company: Mortenson Outdoor Sign Market: Minnesota Headquarters: PO Box 1001 Fergus Falls, MN  56538-1001 Phone: 218-205-7052 Email: mike@mortensonoutdoorsign.com Mortenson Outdoor Sign is a locally owned private company in Fergus Falls, MN wich operates a billboard plant in Western Minnesota.   Mike Mortenson was born and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and […]

Rothfelder on Memorandums of Lease

The usual out of home industry legal practice is to record a memorandum of lease as opposed to the full lease in order not to disclose proprietary details to competitors or other landlords in a market.  A Billboard Insider Reader asks “Is there potential for a lawsuit if a new […]

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: Moreland Signs

Company: Moreland Signs Markets: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas Headquarters: 800 Market Street, Suite 215, Chattanooga, TN  37402 Phone: 423-756-7767 Email: morelandsigns@yahoo.com Moreland signs operates an outdoor plant of approximately 200 signs Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.  In December 2018 the company sold its Tennessee signs to Blanning Company.   Moreland Signs was formed in 1988 and has […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds June 8, 2024

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve […]

Even Trees Can Be Vetoed – A Conversation With TJ Bugbee

Yesterday we started a look at North Carolina, Trees, Government and NCDOT and the legislature passed House Bill 198. After that bill was passed this is how Governor Roy Cooper responded. To have a successful state outdoor association representing the interests of an entire industry, it requires the members, both […]

OOH Sales: Call Reluctance Roadblocks Are Costing You Money!

Is it important to have a proven systematic, step by step system to apply in my sales process with OOH prospects?  Of course it is, but only if you want to have a MUCH higher closing ratio than you currently have!  However, the best OOH selling system in the world […]

Global Out of Home Breaks the 5% Barrier

Global spending on Out of Home advertising reached $41.9bn in 2023, up 16% on 2022’s $36.2bn, breaking through the 5% barrier even as online continues to dominate media growth tables. OOH now accounts for 5.2% of global ad expenditure, up from 2022’s 4.7%. The breakthrough was highlighted in World Out […]