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Company of the Day: Pelican Outdoor

Company:  Pelican Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Orleans, Louisiana Headquarters:  201 Kent Avenue, Metairie, LA  70001 Phone: 504-738-5153 Pelican Outdoor operates 23 billboard structures in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It is the only locally owned and operated billboard company servicing the greater New Orleans metro area.    Most of the structures are two sided, 14 by […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds August 10, 2024

“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 gotten several leads of […]

Lamar Revenues Up 4.5% in 2Q 2024

Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly summarized the second quarter as follows: “The trends that we observed in Q1 held in Q2 strong demand from local and regional advertisers more than offset softness in some national customers allowing us to deliver solid consolidated revenue growth.”  Here are the results of Lamar’s 2Q […]

A Decision Not to Make A Decision Is a Decision

How comfortable are you, on a scale of 1 to 10, when a prospect tells you “Let me think it over?” If you answered anything other than a 1, there could be a problem. You may want to consider implementing the classic OOH Sales Mastery selling rule: “A decision not […]

Opportunity Looks Different

By Eddy Herty, VP, National Creative Director of OUTFRONT Studios at OUTFRONT Media Opportunity is in the eye of the beholder… feels kind of a cliche thing to say, buuuuut it’s true, especially in this industry. Take for example the below (although blurry)shot. It’s hard to make out, but honestly, […]

Outbrite Releases AI Powered Sales Tool

Sydney, Australia – 8 August 2024 – Outbrite transforms digital screens into direct sales points with AI-powered advertising. “We’ve created an AI sales rep that lives in your screens, selling ad space to every person who walks by,” explains Mike Scruby, Outbrite CEO. “It lets anyone post ads as instantly […]

Company of the Day: Park Outdoor

Company:  Park Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  PO Box 4680, Ithaca, New York  14852-4680 Markets: New York, Pennsylvania. Phone: 607-257-1477 Email:  david.feldman@parkoutdoor.com Park Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 1,500 billboards including 48 digital faces in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania.  Park operates regional offices in Binghamton, Finger Lakes, Utica and Syracuse.  Park is a […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 5.4% in 2Q 2024

“Our performance reflects healthy demand from advertisers across a majority of our markets, with notable strength in our airports and Europe-North segments,” was how CEO Scott Wells summarized Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2024 financials.  Here is an analysis of the Clear Channel Outdoor 2Q earning release, 2Q 2024 earnings presentation […]

More on How to Commission Out of Home Sales Reps

Last week we ran a Kevin Gephart column on Sales Rep Commissions for a New Digital Billboard. View Outdoor President Pete Schroeder comments that you need to be careful about adjusting sales commissions too much. “I have found it difficult to “adjust” commissions especially lowering them as sales ramp up. […]

Elevating Elevator Advertising

CHICAGO, IL [August 7, 2024] – Screenverse, a leader in programmatic digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising and the largest network of digital screens in the world, has partnered with Vertical Impression, North America’s premier elevator digital signage network. Vertical Impression harnesses the integral role of elevators in urban life, transforming these distraction-free […]