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Company of the Day – Watkins Outdoor Advertising

Company: Watkins Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  969 East Ironbridge Circle N Springfield, MO Markets: Springfield, Missouri Phone: 417.862.0003 Email:   gwatkinsoutdoor@sbcglobal.net Family owned since 1998, Watkins Outdoor Advertising has been dedicated to bringing the highest quality service and visuals to the Ozarks and Springfield MO. The company has 3 digital faces  and 7 static faces in the […]

The Top OOH Sales Objection and How to Handle It

By Kevin Gephart If you’re batting 1,000 you’re playing in the little leagues. Objections are minimized with thorough data gathering and an effective proposal, but there will always be some unforeseen hurdles. Effective objection handling increases your closing ratio and lays the groundwork for future business. It’s never no…it’s only […]

Blip Media on Help Wanted Ads

Last week Neil Bell wrote that help wanted billboard ads  are surging.  Billboard Insider spoke with Blip’s Daniel Fleischer to understand whether their automated self-serve platform is being used for hiring and recruiting ads.  Blip is a good litmus test because their platform is used by thousands of small businesses […]

Autonomous Car Sees Billboard with Stop Sign and Brakes

Getting autonomous cars right is harder than you think.   Twitter user Andy Weedman noticed his autonomous car stopped after he passed a billboard with a stop sign in the ad.  Level 5 autonomy is harder than you think.  Here’s the video showing what happened. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

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: Vital Outdoor

Company: Vital Outdoor Advertising Market:  Oklahoma Address: PO Box 2615, Edmond OK  73083 Phone: 405-844-7446 Vital Outdoor Advertising operates 18 digital and static billboard structures with 36 faces in Oklahoma City.   The firm is privately held and was founded in March 1996.  Shannon Booher is President and CFO.  Justin Booher is VP of […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds April 24, 2021

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 […]

Pete Hautem on Selling Digital Billboard Ads

Pete Hautem has 44 years experience in selling out of home.  Here are a couple of his keys to effectively selling out of home.  Billboard Insider asked Pete to talk about selling digital billboard ads. How is selling digital different from selling static.? Overall, selling Outdoor ads is basically the […]

Sold vs Available. How should you list billboards on your website?

By John James, Signbird Operators ask me if they should list their billboard inventory as “Sold” or “Available” on their OOH website. Great question! The last thing you want to do is give a potential advertiser a reason NOT to pick up the phone and call you. Put yourself in […]

Lafoy and Reilly on the Benefits of Decentralized OOH Management

Some advice from Link Media CEO Scott Lafoy and Lamar CEO Sean Reilly on the benefits of decentralized management taken from In Their Words – Out of Home Executives Talk About Out of Home. Scott Lafoy, CEO, Link Media First and foremost, we’ve been establishing local managers for each of […]