Tag: Apparatix

Toyota Dealership uses Smartphone App to Program Ads on Digital Billboards

Dan Porter Motors, Dickinson, ND, in June of 2020 became the first automotive dealership in the U.S. to control their inventory on outdoor digital billboards, in real-time with the Lucit Layout smartphone app. “Our objective was to develop an application to publish inventory, to digital billboards, with a single click”, […]

Staying Productive While Social Distancing

How do you stay productive when you are social distancing and when sales prospects are not in the office or are not returning your phone calls?  Do the tasks which get shoved aside when the phone is ringing and the emails are piling up. Look for new locations.  That’s what […]

Company of the Day: Image Media

Company of the Day: IMAGE MEDIA® Company: IMAGE MEDIA®                    Headquarters: 5101 Darmstadt Rd. Suite A Hillside, IL 60162 Market: Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 988-4600 Contact email: sales@imageoutdoor.com IMAGE MEDIA operates an out of home plant in the Chicago market.  The company was started 35 years ago by Michael Scheid Sr. following a career at […]

Jim Matalone on Starting and Running Ashby St Outdoor

This week’s podcast guest Jim Matalone talks about starting, running and selling Ashby St Outdoor, an out of home company with 1,908 faces in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Talk about the formation of Ashby Street in 2011. Before Ashby St I had been running Next Media Outdoor which was […]

Company of the Day: Venture Outdoor

Company: Venture Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Headquarters: 15664 Barton St., Overland Park, KS  66221 Phone: 913-730-8353 Venture Outdoor Advertising owns 62 billboard structures in Missouri.  The company was started in 2013 by Randy Jackson.  Prior to starting Venture, Jackson was a VP for CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles and a General Manager […]

IBO COOP Marketplace Connects Vistar Media Platform

  As more programmatic buyers find the benefits and efficiency of automation, IBOUSA General Manager Chris Cowlbeck announced that the IBO COOP Marketplace has been successfully connected to the Vistar Media’s programmatic monetization platform.    “This is a huge step for accessing the large pool of national buyers available through […]

Cowlbeck on Apparatix

Chris Cowlbeck the General Manager of LOOK Billboards and the IBOUSA talked about about the benefits of using Apparatix on last week’s Billboard Insider podcast. What software do you use to help run your billboards? About four and a half years ago a gentleman named Jim Matalone…the President at Ashby […]

X-Mark Outdoor Sells to Media Choice

Insider was aware that Steve & Sue Sullins, owners of X-Mark Outdoor in Corsicana TX and long time friends of the industry, were looking for a buyer for their billboard plant. That sale was recently finalized and we had a chance to talk with Steve about the transaction and his […]

Takeaways From The IBOUSA In Jacksonville FL

The IBOUSA convention in Jacksonville wraps up this morning.   Chris Cowlbeck and the staff at the IBOUSA know that they run a terrific event!  Great location, relevant topics and lots of time for discussion and fun with all the members and vendors who attended.    So here 7 takeaways from […]