Tag: creative

Colton Tollett on Billboard Design Mistakes

This week’s billboard creative design tips come from Colton Tollett , social media manager at Billboards Etc.  Today Colton talks about common billboard design mistakes. Have you been driving down the highway and noticed a billboard that really stood out? Have you seen a billboard that was so clever or funny that […]

Rate This Board by Owen Design

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 […]

Neil Bell Says Art Sells on Digital Billboards

This is the third article in a series by Neil Bell of New South Outdoor on Selling digital billboard space.New South is the company that put a tiger tail on an Auburn Alabama billboard to tie into hometown football loyalties.   Neil’s previous articles were Getting the Most out of […]

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

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 week’s rating is […]

Good and Bad Humor

Some billboard advertisers try to be witty and irreverent in order to be noticed.  Insider saw this copy on a Georgia billboard last week.  This ad was clever and eye catching. The strategy can backfire however.  A North Carolina jewelry store had to apologize last month after a firestorm over […]

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 week’s rating is […]

Rate this board by Blue Sky Digital Printing

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 week’s rating is […]

Evan Schultz on Uncharted Space

Evan Schultz, Art Director, Adams Outdoor An interesting new project of ours was a self-storage client, Conifer Storage. The product was fairly straight-forward but visually uninteresting. The spaces look like garages, all lined up in rows like chips on a computer board. Dilemma: how do you make THAT interesting? Or, […]

Warner Bros Inducted into OBIE Hall of Fame

  The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) will present the 2017 OBIE Hall of Fame Award to Warner Bros. Pictures. Established in 1992, the OBIE Hall of Fame was created to recognize brands that have built an enduring legacy through the consistent use of the out of home (OOH) […]

Watchfire RSS Feed updates billboards during b-ball tournament

DANVILLE, Ill. – (March 14, 2017) – The focus of collegiate basketball will be on the brackets for the annual college basketball tournament. Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download free widgets to integrate basketball scores throughout the tournament beginning March 14, 2017. “School spirit is at an all-time high each year […]