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Boston Omaha: A Potential Long Opportunity For Patient Investors

A diligent investor should behave in such a way that they are not gambling with their money, but instead acting cautiously and allocating it wisely. That philosophy from Warren Buffet is an important part of the overall strategy of Boston Omaha. Seeking Alpha has an interesting story by Matthew Livesay […]

Billboard Tax Collection Overreach

A side story to the now overturned Cincinnati billboard tax was the tax’s draconian enforcement provisions: The billboard tax was imposed on an “advertising host” which was defined to mean “any person who owns or controls an outdoor advertising sign, including the persons agent, affiliate, employee or other representative who […]

3 Billboards Outside Sacramento

Marquee Media is executing a modern take on the old Burma Shave progressive billboard campaign in this 3 billboard flight for the Sacramento Kings, complete with extensions. Marquee Media owner Jeff Joaquin tells Insider that the company has presented  sequential billboard concepts to several clients but the Kings were the […]

Company of the Day – JM Outdoor

Company: JM Outdoor Headquarters:  415 S 1st St, Suite 420 Lufkin, TX 75901 Markets: East Texas Phone: (936) 634-2040 Email: mark@jmoutdoor.com JM Outdoor is an East Texas based outdoor company primarily focused in Lufkin Texas and the nearby communities.  Mark Hicks has been the Companies CEO since 2007. Mark also […]

Karl Eller’s 5 Tips for Selling Out of Home

Karl Eller made a fortune twice in the out of home business: selling Combined Communications for $370 million in 1978; and selling Eller Media for $1.15 billion in 1997.   Here are five tips for selling out of home which Insider gleaned from Eller’s 2005 book Integrity is all you’ve got […]

San Diego considering marijuana billboard restrictions.

California already has restrictions on Marijuana advertising but they aren’t good enough for San Diego.  Los Angeles Times reports that San Diego city councilman Chris Cate has proposed legislation to: Prohibit marijuana billboard ads within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, youth oriented facilities, rec centers, libraries, churches and residential care […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: San Antonio

Did you know: San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas, boasting a population of over 1.4 million people and a city area twice the size of Chicago! The San Antonio missions are the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Texas. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the […]

Company of the Day: J&B Signs

Company: J&B Signs Market:  Illinois Headquarters: 105 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL  60654 Phone: 312-640-8181 Email: info@JandBsigns.com J&B signs operates a billboard plant around Chicago, Illinois.  The company was founded in 1981.  Bob Hoelterhoff is the company’s President.  Michael Hoelterhoff is project manager. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Do Billboards Speak?

Thought Leadership from  Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO Do billboards “speak?” Yes, said a judge in Cincinnati who invalidated the city’s new targeted tax on billboards. After six days of testimony, Common Pleas Court Judge Curt C. Hartman issued an injunction October 17 that blocked Cincinnati’s billboard tax. Billboards […]

Karl Eller on the least expensive way to reach mass audiences.

Insider recently read Karl Eller’s Integrity is all you’ve got and 7 other lessons of the entrepreneurial life (2005, McGraw Hill).  Eller was a success twice in the billboard business: selling Combined Communications to Gannett for $370 million in 1978: and selling Eller Media to Clear Channel Outdoor for $1.15 […]