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Reader Feedback on Digital Billboard Conversions

We received some excellent reader comments on creating value with digital billboard conversions. Grey Outdoor Founder Grey Vick says digitals take more sales time Great digital locations are lucrative and effective for advertisers. Operators need to factor in an increase in the cost of sales for any digital conversions.  The […]

Huntington Billboards Acquires Interstate Signs From Moreland Signs

  (GORDON, Ohio)– Huntington Billboards, a leading outdoor advertising company headquartered in Gordon, Ohio, has announced the largest acquisition in its history with the purchase of 176 interstate signs from Moreland Signs. This acquisition significantly increases Huntington’s billboard density across its current markets (while also adding some great new markets) […]

“72 Hours, 110 Billboards, No Sleep!”

From Justin Powell, Huntington Billboards Last week, we had the opportunity to pull off a last-minute political messaging campaign in Pennsylvania. The campaign needed to deploy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of billboards across the state—and they needed it done fast. With the clock ticking, we jumped into action […]

Justin Powell’s 3 Tips for Selling Out of Home

Huntington Outdoor’s CEO Justin Powell gave a great talk at last week’s IBO show.   Here are his thoughts on selling out of home. Keep your sales force focused. Our company is working to kind of limit the number of things we’re asking our sales employees to do.  We are […]

Day Two of the IBO Fall Conference in Five Moments

Terry Carmody, Integration Media “We expect PerView to become a bigger and bigger part of the world…. most people expect PerView and Place Exchange will probably will be able or have a good chance of passing the MRC standards. When that happens and somebody gets the MRC gold stamp of […]

Landowners: Strong (Hopefully) Silent Partners

The importance of landowners cannot be overstated. They are not just the silent partners who provide the locations for our billboards; they are the bedrock of our operations, and the relationship with them is foundational to the success of any great billboard company. This understanding has been a guiding principle […]

Justin Powell’s 4 Tips for Growing Wisely

Huntington Billboard Company has gone from 0 faces to 3,100 faces in 5 years, mostly by organic development and the company is in the midst of an ambitious expansion plan.  Today Huntington’s CEO Justin Powell shares 4 tips for managing growth. Managing growth is hard. They say when you are […]

Justin Powell on Girard, Ohio Litigation

Sometimes you have to pursue legal remedies to protect your rights when faced with a regulator which doesn’t play by the rules.  Girard, Ohio adopted an ordinance 12 years ago banning new billboards on certain parts of the city.  In other parts of the city billboards are allowed.    A […]

Justin Powell says Out of Home must be easier to buy

Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee Headquarters: 311 East Street, Gordon, Ohio. 45304 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor is a family owned out of home company which operates a billboard plant with over 3,100 displays in 13 states.  The company is […]

Justin Powell Says “Focus on What Produces Value!”

By Justin Powell, President & CEO, Huntington Billboards I sat silently, watching an endless line of cars honking and drivers yelling things I don’t care to repeat. It was 2012, and while attempting to build my seventh billboard, I had accidentally caused an enormous traffic jam. In the early days […]