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Company of the Day: Albro Advertising

Company:  Albro Bench Advertising Markets: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania Address:  20 W 3rd St, Suite 4, Jamestown, NY  14701 Phone: 716-640-9729 Email: albro2signs@yahoo.com Albro Bench Advertising operates plant of 150 bus benches primarily in Western New York State.  The company’s benches are concentrated in the following communities: James Town, New York Olean, New York […]

Fueling An Ad Revolution With Digital OOH

Roadside digital billboards are as old as US commercial TV was in 1971. Its mind boggling to imagine the growth ahead of us!! Sadly, little has changed with advertiser’s creative use of DOOH ad space. The future belongs to marketers who deliver Moment Marketing (real-time) to mass-reach audiences. (Search: Moment […]

Bell Lumber and Pole – A Source for Treated Wood Poles

A reader asked Billboard Insider for a good source for treated wood poles to build out of home signs.    Bell Lumber and Pole has been supplying treated wood poles to utilities for more than 100 years. Vendor:  Bell Lumber and Pole. Headquarters: 778 First Street N.W., New Brighton, MN. […]

Giesken Outdoor Saves $4,000 By Checking the Power Bill

Last week Billboard Insider wrote about the importance of monitoring out of home power and bandwidth bills for overcharges.  Giesken Outdoor founder Tom Giesken says persistence pays when talking with the power company: Once on a billboard I converted from a static to a digital I noticed our other digitals, […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard art 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. This week’s rating is provided by Greg […]

Company of the Day – AdWalls

Company: AdWalls Headquarters: 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2820, Honolulu HI 96813 Market: Hawaii, New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles Phone: 808-526-4044 Email: info@adwalls.com Hawaii is the core of AdWalls business but they also operate from a portfolio of parking garages in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and top […]

In Their Words – Out of Home Executives Talk About Out of Home

If you are in the Out of Home industry or thinking of entering the OOH industry you need In Their Words: Out of Home Executives Talk About Out of Home.  This 147 page guide contains interviews with 173 out of home executives at 150 out of home companies.  The guide […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 3, 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 […]

Monitor Your OOH Power and Bandwidth Bills

It’s easy to get in the habit of paying out of home utility bills without thinking twice.  You can save money by reviewing each month’s bill.  Two examples. Electric Bills Look for large increases in power consumption month to month.  You may have a broken light meter.  When a Circle […]