We are running a series of interviews with Tom Giesken who recently sold his billboards after a 35 year (including 25 years on his own) in the out of home advertising business Last week, Tom talked about billboard leasing and landlords. Today he talks about how to find good static […]
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Giesken Outdoor Sells to Lamar
Thomas Giesken, the President of Giesken Outdoor advertising tells Billboard Insider he’s finalized a deal to sell the last of his out of home assets to Lamar Advertising. We also heard from Craig Berry from Stark Capital Solutions who worked on the transaction. We are pleased to announce that Tom […]
Readers Talk Crane Safety
Yesterday we discussed an out of home boom truck mishap in Georgia. Here are some comments we received. All Steel Structures President Ted Bratsos says the mishap may have had several causes. It is good to promote safety in our industry. Articles like Oooops bring safety to the forefront for […]
Company of the Day: Giesken Outdoor
Company: Giesken Outdoor Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 115 Sophia’s Lane, Ottawa, OH 45875 Phone: (866) 443-7536 or (419) 233-71453 Email: tom@gieskenoutdoor.com Giesken Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with a trivision and a digital billboard in Sidney, Ohio. Tom Giesken is the company’s owner. Giesken is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. In […]
SignBird’s Location of the Week – Panel #1052 from Giesken Outdoor
Welcome back to SignBird’s Location of the Week! We traveled to Sidney, Ohio for this billboard from Giesken Outdoor! We got in contact with Tom Giesken, owner of Giesken Outdoor after bumping into him at IBO! He told us, “The key component to this board is that this […]
Company of the Day: Giesken Outdoor
Company: Giesken Outdoor Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 115 Sophia’s Lane, Ottawa, OH 45875 Phone: (866) 443-7536 or (419) 233-71453 EMail: tom@gieskenoutdoor.com Giesken Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with a trivision and a digital billboard in Sidney, Ohio. Giesken is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. In December 2021 Giesken sold most of his billboards to […]
Huntington Billboards Acquires Certain Assets of Giesken Outdoor
Greenville, OH – Dec 20, 2021, Huntington Billboards, an owner, and operator of outdoor advertising signs throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Giesken Outdoor Advertising. Giesken Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Northwest Ohio, with both digital and static billboards. Tom Giesken started the […]
Giesken Outdoor Saves $4,000 By Checking the Power Bill
Last week Billboard Insider wrote about the importance of monitoring out of home power and bandwidth bills for overcharges. Giesken Outdoor founder Tom Giesken says persistence pays when talking with the power company: Once on a billboard I converted from a static to a digital I noticed our other digitals, […]
Giesken Outdoor Buys Billboards
Giesken Outdoor Advertising announced today the acquisition of a premier digital billboard located on Interstate 75 in Sidney, Ohio as well as a TriVision unit. The first billboard is currently the only digital type of billboard on I-75 between Dayton and Toledo for 140 miles!! The 11’ x 36’ digital […]
Out of the Office: Joe Mancino
Don’t mess with GreenSigns Chicago CEO Joe Macino. He’s an amateur boxer. Mancino qualified for the Masters Division Golden Gloves Tournament this year but the tournament was cancelled due to covid. Mancino is not the only tough guy in out of home. Giesken Outdoor’s Tom Giesken won 3 Toledo Ohio […]



















