Tag: business

Billboard Vandalism

Some recent cases of billboard vandalism.  This month a pro-life billboard ad run by Pro-Life Michiana in South Bend Indiana was spray painted.  In September 2019 four bench advertisements for unplanned pregnancy resources were vandalized and in December  benches advertising options for mothers were vandalized. Climate activists in Australia are […]

Company of the Day: Chandler Communications

Company:  Chandler Communications Markets:  Montana Headquarters: PO Box 633, Kalispell, Montana  59903 Phone: 406-756-3022 Email:  contact@chandlercommunications.com Chandler Communications operates an airport, transit and billboard plant in the following Montana communities: Bozeman Belgrade Columbia Falls Eureka Great Falls Helena Kalispell Lincoln Livingston Whitefish [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Paths To The Out of Home Advertising Industry

  What should you do if you want to own your own out of home advertising firm?  Work for an out of home advertising company or a sign company.  Insider tabulated the results from 50 Company of The Day articles. How People Entered The Out of Home Advertising Business Almost […]

What’s In A Name?

There are five conventions for naming out of home advertising companies.  Founder names:   This is the most common strategy: Anderson Outdoor, Arnold Outdoor, Reagan Outdoor, Lang Media, Jones Media, Barnes Advertising, Barrett Outdoor, Becker Boards, Buckland Media Group, Connell Outdoor, Divine Outdoor, Driggers Outdoor, Durden Outdoor Displays, Faris Outdoor Displays, […]

What’s the right message for open billboards?

By Brent Baer.  Brent has 37 years experience in outdoor advertising and has seen the business from almost every point of view: sales rep, manager, owner, agency exec and vendor.   We were preparing for a buy in a large top 10 competitive market, with a major vendor (one of […]

Celebrate The Exit

Insider fills time in the car listening to business podcasts.  How I Built This is a good one.  NPR interviews business founders about challenges they’ve overcome.  Recode Media With Peter Kafka is good if you want to follow media.  Recode Decode covers tech and is worth listening to as long […]

Grit and Outdoor Advertising.

Angela Lee Duckworth says that grit is more important than IQ in separating successful people from people who struggle.  She says top performers are willing to fail and do not consider failure as a permanent condition.  Here’s her 6 minute Ted talk. Insider thinks that grit is more important than […]