By Andrea Messimer Are Cold Calls Dead? The short answer is No- If you throw enough things at the wall something will eventually stick or you will get lucky. Today, reaching prospects is harder than ever due to the fact there are so many channels. Here are the top 3 […]
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Bartow County, GA updating sign code.
The Daily Tribune News reports that Bartow County, Georgia is considering an amendment to the County’s sign ordinance to: prohibit variances which increase the maximum area of signs increase the maximum number of billboards. prohibit new billboards or the conversion of an existing sign to digital The county, however, is […]
Company of the Day: George Lay Signs
Company of the Day: George Lay Signs Market: Kansas Headquarters: 1016 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67203-3999 Phone: 800-888-0433 George Lay Signs is a family-owned Wichita based signs company and billboard business. The company was started in 1955 when George Lay quit his job designing neon signs for Wichita’s leading sign tompany to start his […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds September 1, 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. […]
Link Media Acquires Waitt Outdoor For $82 Million
OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Link Media Outdoor (“Link”), a subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corporation (NASDAQ: BOMN), has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets of Waitt Outdoor, LLC (“Waitt Outdoor”), based in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1999, Waitt Outdoor has grown to become one of the leading outdoor companies […]
Update your billboard insurance schedules
Are you buying or building new locations? Then keep your insurance schedules up to date. That’s the lesson of Lamar Advertising versus Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance. Here are the facts: Lamar Advertising had an insurance policy with Liberty Mutual. Lamar incurred damage to billboards as a result of hurricanes Ike […]
Yesco Buys Roadside Outdoor
YESCO Outdoor Media, Salt Lake City, Utah announced today that it has acquired all of the billboard assets of Roadside Outdoor Advertising, LLC, Rapid City, SD. The inventory of 87 bulletin faces are located in eastern Wyoming, western South Dakota and Nebraska. Patrick O’Donnell, YESCO Outdoor Media’s President, said the […]
Billboards help find Dayton child.
Next time someone tells you that they’re against digital signs because they don’t want their city to become Las Vegas ask them if they’d like their city to become like Dayton. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent out this tweet this week. A Dayton, Ohio teenager who […]
Company of the Day: The TV Truck
Company: TheTVTruck.com Markets: Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, DE Headquarters: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Phone: 855-412-6466 Email: info@thetvtruck.com The TVTruck.com operates 3 mobile digital billboard Trucks in Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, and DE. Paul Catagnus and Jeff Cartwright are partners in the business. Insider talked to Jeff Cartwight. Jeff, how did you enter the […]
Investors Sue Clear Channel Over $1B Claim
News broke yesterday on the continuing iHeartMedia bankruptcy and its impact on Clear Channel Outdoor. A minority investor in Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. brought suit against the company’s board, majority owners and private equity sponsors in Delaware’s Chancery Court late Monday, seeking class damages for alleged failures to seek […]