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Vegas Vic Has a Cousin

YESCO built and updated Vegas Vic, but Billboard Insider discovered this week that Vegas Vic’s family also includes his cousin Wendover Will.  Happy Friday and enjoy.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title.  Our […]

Company of the Day: Hart Advertising

Company: Hart Advertising, Inc. Headquarters:  69 E Seminary St, Norwalk, OH 44857 Market: North Central Ohio Phone: (419) 668-1194 Email:  cindy@hartbillboards.com Hart Advertising operates a billboard plant in nine counties in northern Ohio.  The company was started by William T Hart in 1943.  Hart’s children – Gay Sanders and W Taylor Hart – […]

Release Your Sales Management Brake

It is impossible to maximize success without focus. Expecting sales managers to also carry an account list dilutes their focus.  You can’t be a good sales manager AND a competent salesperson at the same time. A sales department of four or more sales reps requires a full-time, dedicated sales manager […]

Jack Lipscomb, RIP

Billboard pioneer Jack Lipscomb died on January 4, 2024. In 1958 Jack was asked to run Pioneer Advertising Company for Lester E. Cox and eventually bought the company and grew it to cover nearly half the state of Missouri with billboards. Jack served as Chairman for the OAAA Legislative Committee. […]

10 Tips To Improve Your Billboard Photos in 2024

By John James, Founder/President of SignBird: An Outdoorlink, Inc. Company Upgrade your billboard photo game and capture attention like never before with SignBird’s latest FREE Guide: 10 Tips To Improve Your Billboard Photos in 2024. A serious upgrade for out-of-home marketers, billboard owners, ad agencies, photographers, and anyone seeking to […]

OAAA Seeking Local Case Study Awards Entries

Out of home continues to grow and outpace most local advertising channels, and OAAA wants to highlight the quantifiable impact your local campaigns made. Showcase your OOH excellence by entering the annual OAAA/Geopath Local Case Study Awards contest.   Eligible campaigns must have produced quantifiable results for local advertisers in […]

Company of the Day – Grace Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Grace Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1201 Lincoln Street, Suite 300, Columbia SC 29201 Markets: South & North Carolina, Atlanta & Memphis Phone: 803.252.7084 Email:   hal@graceoutdoor.com, diana@graceoutdoor.com Grace Outdoor Advertising has been operating in the Columbia S.C. area for over 30 years. Their offices are located in the historic Congaree Vista where they […]

Readers think OOH sales managers shouldn’t have accounts

A majority of Billboard Insider readers think an out of home sales manager shouldn’t have any accounts. Some readers said there are exceptions… An out of home sales manager has keep some accounts so you don’t forget what it’s like to deal with customers. An out of home executive saysI […]

Assembly, Talon and Place Exchange roll out new DOOH system

NEW YORK, NY – January 9, 2024 – Today, global media agency Assembly announced the latest in retail media innovation – a first-of-its-kind planning tool called ShopConnect that marries programmatic buying with digital out-of-home (DOOH) to create more effective and meaningful real-time experiences for consumers. The tool was designed in partnership […]

Company of the Day: GreenSigns Chicago

Company: Greensigns Market: Chicago Headquarters:  2700 S. River Road, Suite 203.  Des Plaines, IL  60018 Phone:  312-624-8550 Email: info@greensignschicago.com Greensigns operates a network of digital and static billboards in the Chicago area.  Joseph Mancino is CEO.  Mancino was a guest on the Billboard Insider podcast in June 2o20.  We caught up with him […]