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Dan Franklin Loves Easements

Neil Bell interviewed Franklin Outdoor President Dan Franklin on the Bell Board Podcast. Franklin Outdoor is a third generation family owned out of home company in Minnesota.   Here are the highlights. The case for easements One of the things that I think Grandpa was always big on, and my […]

John Murrow on having an equity fund for a partner

On this week’s Bell Board Podcast Trailhead Media CEO John Murrow talks about the pros and cons of having an equity fund as a business partner.  Trailhead Media is backed by Viking Global Investors. What’s Viking like as a partner? Having Viking is a partner has been really good for […]

Matt Schulze says tie off when you leave the ground

Neil Bell interviewed Matt Schulze on the Bell Board podcast.  Here’s what Schulze said about staying safe on a billboard. Let’s talk safety. The vertical fall-arrest cable on ladders — is that required now? Everything over about 25 feet is required to have a ladder safety cable. Your ladder starts […]

Matt Schulze Says Make the Dig Call

Billboard fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was a guest on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what he said when Neil Bell asked him about mistakes billboard operators make during construction What are the biggest mistakes you see people make when building their first few signs? The dig call. They […]

Matt Schulze on the importance of building your signs digital-ready

Sign Fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was interviewed by Neil Bell on the Bell Board Podcast.  We’ll run excepts from the interview this week.  Today Matt talks about the importance of building your signs digital ready You’ve made the point to me many times: even if a sign is […]

Kevin Gephart on short term versus long term sales contracts

On last week’s Bell Board Podcast out of home sales expert Kevin Gephart said this about selling short term versus long term out of home contracts. I wrote an article about that, and I got an email from someone well-known in the business who said, “Kevin, I agree with you […]

Grey Vick on the Bell Board Podcast

Grey Vick (right) the founder of Grey Outdoor was interviewed by Neil Bell (left) on the Bell Board Podcast. Grey Outdoor operates 772 faces including 50 digital faces, in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Some excerpts. Grey Vick on Getting started I started in 2007. My first company was […]