Scenic America Chairman Mark Falzone did an interview in St Louis on the September 18 Charlie Brennan show. His comments start just past the 12:55 minute mark of the podcast. Insider has printed some of the questions and Falzone’s answers. Just exactly where does Missouri rank when it comes to billboards. […]
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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 for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]
Company of The Day: Houck Transit
Company: Houck Transit Advertising Markets: United States Address: 1025 Tomlyn Avenue, Suite 100, Shoreview, MN 55126 Phone: 800-777-7290 Email: info@houckads.com Houck transit advertising serves over 40 public transit advertising systems in the midwest and eastern United States. Justin Houck is the company’s President. Paul Houck is Vice President. The company […]
Out of the Office: Tom Giesken
Tom Giesken the owner of Giesken Outdoor likes to restore old motorcycles: “I am an Antique Motorcycle junkie. I have been going to antique motorcycle swap meets every year for the past 25+ years. I see the American Pickers there and have met them. The AM swap meet people are some […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds September 29, 2018
“The response has been excellent. Excellent investment.” Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…” David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up. […]
58 Women Running OOH Companies
Can you name 58 women who are running companies active in the out of home industry? Insider has compiled a list of 58 women who are a Board Member, Director, CEO, President or Owner of an out of home company, out of home vendor, out of home agency, out of […]
Pat O’Donnell on Yesco Outdoor’s Growth
Insider sat down with YESCO Outdoor Media President Pat O’Donnell at the IBOUSA show last week. O’Donnell has 35 years experience in the out of home business. O’Donnell sits on the boards of the OAAA and Geopath and was inducted into the OAAA Hall of Fame last year. There’s this […]
Why You Need a Firewall
Insider typed in the URL for a large out of home advertising company yesterday and got this. Hackers hijacked the website. Imagine the damage to your out of home company if customers or prospects visit your website and are hijacked somewhere else where their personal information is stolen or malware […]
Company of the Day: Herring Outdoor
Company: Herring Outdoor, LLC. Market: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana Headquarters: 525 Central Avenue, 200, Laurel, Mississippi, 39440 Phone: 601-498-4600 Herring Outdoor is a private family owned company based in Laurel, Mississippi. Herring owns and manages billboard locations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The company is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. […]
Rothfelder on Vaping Billboard Ads
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick At last week’s IBOUSA conference in Columbus, I presented a power point on “Objectionable or Defamatory Messages Displayed on Billboards: What the Operator Can Refuse to Display, and How He Can Protect Himself.” In general, I reported that the operator of a privately owned […]