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Geopath Market Spotlight: Jacksonville

Did you know: Jacksonville was named for General Andrew Jackson, who later went on to become the 7th President of the United States. The Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville is the second longest concrete cable-stayed bridge in the western hemisphere. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Jacksonville DMA. […]

OOH Supports Global Red Cross Campaign

The American Red Cross this month launched the Missing Types campaign, an international effort to encourage new blood donors, as well as donors who have not given in years, to give blood and to help ensure lifesaving blood products are available for patients in need. As part of the campaign, […]

Out of Home Metrics

Railroad Outdoor’s Mike Fitzgerald asked Insider what metrics are important for measuring the performance of an out of home business.  Here are 6 financial metrics which will help you evaluate your out of home business. Gross revenue.  This tells you how well your sales effort is going.  You might also […]

Horton Outdoor Fathers Day Boards

Horton Outdoor ran a fathers day billboard on 20 digital billboard faces throughout Alabama, Panama City Beach, Cartersville/Kennesaw and Northeast Georgia.  The message said “Psst…Call your dad today.”  TV station WJHG ran a feature story on the fathers day billboards.  Horton did a followup board which said Thanks for the […]

OUTFRONT Inflatable Billboard For Philly Zoo

OUTFRONT installed an inflatable billboard for the Philly Zoo.  Insider talked with Outfront Art Director Briana Foley about the project.  Where did the idea for an inflatable billboard come from? The OOH request from the Philadelphia Zoo came in but our AE went a step further and pitched the idea […]

Company of the Day – Compass Outdoor

Company: Compass Outdoor Headquarters: 2725 Parleys Way Suite 120, Salt Lake City, UT 84109 Markets: Utah & Idaho Phone: 385.355.1510 Email:  dave@compassbillboards.com Compass Billboards is an outdoor advertising company located in Salt Lake City, UT selling billboard and ad space across Utah and Idaho. Dave Goldberg manages sales for the […]

Nicklin’s insights from 450 ad agency visits

Steve Nicklin, the OAAA’s VP-Marketing, has visited over 450 ad agencies and met with over 2,000 media planners since 2013 to advocate for the out of home (OOH) business.  Insider asked Nicklin to talk about OOH and offer insights about today’s agencies. What are the questions you get asked by […]

Jeff Joaquim on left hand reads

Left hand reads hard to sell?  Not this Marquee Media Board.  Insider talked with Jeff Joaquin of Marquee Media  about making left hand reads a success. What makes a left hand read work? It has to first be a location that has 1,000 feet of visibility. We try to make […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board 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. This week’s rating is provided by Greg […]

Company of the Day: City Outdoor

Company: City Outdoor Markets:  Massachusetts, Illinois, California, New York Headquarters: 1333 Broadway, Suit 506, New York, New York 10018 Phone: 212-736-9400 City Outdoor operates a plant of high profile bulletins, digital billboards, wallscapes and windowscapes in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.  The firm was started by […]