Here are the highlights from yesterday’s Daktronics first quarter fiscal 2017 earnings release and conference call transcript. Revenue increased by 10% to $172 million for the 3 months ended July 29, 2017 as improvements in the firm’s Live Events and Transportation business offset declines in the Commercial and International business […]
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Sun, Surf and Sandwich Billboards
GRAND HAVEN, Mich—Midwest advertising agency, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), and local laketown eatery, The Toasted Pickle, are making mouths water across West Michigan. Visitors have seen the new billboard campaign while heading into Grand Haven this summer, urging audiences to grab a bite on their way to the beach. The Toasted Pickle boasts fresh, […]
Company of the Day: Maloney Outdoor
Company: Maloney Outdoor Markets: Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: PO Box 4849, Louisville, KY 40204 Phone: 502-584-5512 Email: info@maloneyoutdoor.com Maloney Outdoor is a family owned local billboard company serving Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana including New Albany, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Floyd County and Clark County. The company’s products include Expressway Bulletins, Billboards on Major Roads in Louisville and […]
Out of Home, ROI and the Media Mix
by Matt Kelchner, Media Coordinator, EMC Outdoor What would you do if we were to tell you that in order to make your advertising campaign work to its fullest extent, you should not only triple your Out of Home budget, but take dollars away from television and radio to do so? Now […]
Jim McLaughlin Joins OAAA Board
James A. (Jim) McLaughlin, president and CEO of Link Media Outdoor, today joined the board of directors of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). “Jim McLaughlin is respected by peers nationwide as a builder of growth and equity,” said Nancy Fletcher, president and CEO of the national trade association […]
More on Hurricane Frames
Last Friday Insider talked about the pros and cons of hurricane frames. A manager of one of the top four billboard companies tells Insider hurricane frames aren’t just for hurricanes: “We have over 200 14X48 hurricane frames on structures in our market not because of storms, but because we move […]
Company of the Day – Meadow Outdoor
Company: Meadow Outdoor Markets: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. Headquarters: PO Box 331, The Dalles, OR 97058 Phone: 800-221-4114 Meadow Outdoor is a family-owned, firm started by Joe Zukin in 1968. Joe began his association with the outdoor industry while President of Frontier Village Amusement Park in San Jose, CA in the 1960’s. […]
Fall River Plans 8 digital billboards on city property
The Herald News reports that Fall River, Massachusetts expects to earn $8-10 million upfront and rental fees of $650,000/year for 20 years in exchange for permitting Boston based out of home company Capital Associates to put digital signs on 8 sites owned by the city. Mayor Jasiel Correia’s comment says […]
Road Trip – London
Insider is touring London, Paris, Brussels and Dortmund with his son. Shortly after arriving in London, I saw figures posted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for increases in digital ad spending in the UK. The first thing I noticed on arriving at the Paddington Train Station were several JCDecaux static boards as we […]
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 […]