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Huntington Billboards Acquires Certain Assets of Giesken Outdoor

Greenville, OH – Dec 20, 2021, Huntington Billboards, an owner, and operator of outdoor advertising signs throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Giesken Outdoor Advertising. Giesken Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Northwest Ohio, with both digital and static billboards. Tom Giesken started the […]

61% of Senior Ad Execs Think Digital OOH Best Way to Reach Young Consumers

Miami Beach, FL / December 21, 2021– New research from Alfi (NASDAQ:ALF), an AI enterprise SaaS advertising platform, reveals that 61% of senior advertising executives strongly believe Digital out of Home (DOOH) advertising is the most effective way to reach young, consumers who are tech-savvy, highly social, and on-the-go, therefore […]

The Importance of Showing the Whole Picture

By Javier Ortega, Marketing Coordinator, SignBird When you imagine a picture of a billboard, what do you see? A rectangle with your company’s artwork? Some metal beams holding it up? Maybe some lights if you are imagining it at night? While that is technically an image of a billboard, is […]

Mark Tutssel to Lead 80th OBIE Awards Jury

WASHINGTON D.C. (December 20, 2021) – The lineup of distinguished jurors has been announced for the 2022 OBIE Awards, the oldest and most prestigious honors for creative excellence in out of home advertising design. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the awards program from the Out of Home Advertising […]

Company of the Day – Doyle Media

Company:  Doyle Media, LLC. Market: Georgia Headquarters: Dalton, Georgia Phone: 706-217-7715 Email: doylemedia@live.com Doyle Media operates three 14 by 48 billboard structures with 6 faces along I-75 in Georgia at Exit 306.  The company was started in 2013. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Billboards Have Beaten Covid

The roadside billboard business has put covid in the rear view mirror.  Street furniture and transit are recovering but still down.  Place-based lags.  That’s apparent when you parse the US out of home industry by format as reported by the OAAA. This chart shows the third quarter 2021 performance of […]

Senator Johnny Isakson (1944-2021) Liked to Share Billboards

Former Senator Johnny Isakson, R-GA, died at home in Atlanta on Sunday, December 19. He was 76. Isakson, who resigned from the US Senate at the end of 2019 citing health concerns, liked to share billboard images on his social media accounts.  Here are examples: Praising OOH creativity / The […]

The Case For Commissions Based On Billings

Several Billboard Insider readers disagreed with our post last week suggesting commissions should be based on collections.  An out of home founder says this: “Commissions should be paid upon billing, and not time of sale or at collection.  A good comp plan provides instant gratification.  When an AE sells last minute […]

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: Digital Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Digital Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Nationwide Address:  349 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY  10016 Email: info@digitaloutdooradvertising.com Phone: 732-200-1288 Digital Outdoor Advertising is a woman owned business that represents a network of 130+ independent billboard operators across the US and Canada.  The company has an owned and operated inventory which includes 1,600 […]