Last week we ran a Kevin Gephart column on Sales Rep Commissions for a New Digital Billboard. View Outdoor President Pete Schroeder comments that you need to be careful about adjusting sales commissions too much. “I have found it difficult to “adjust” commissions especially lowering them as sales ramp up. […]
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Kevin Gephart on Sales Rep Commissions for a New Digital Billboard
A Billboard Insider reader asks, “My company is installing our very first digital. We are total neophytes in this industry. I’d like to gain some input on typical commission structures. Can you give some guidance?” Out of home sales expert Kevin Gephart says pay an 8-10% premium on base commission […]
Are Great OOH Sales Reps Born or Made?
According to The Harvard Business School the two essential traits for successful salespeople are empathy and ego drive. Ego drive defined as: Persuasion: The need to convince someone to see things your way and feel satisfied about doing so Self-improvement: The desire to prove oneself better than others Motivation: The determination to succeed, […]
Kevin Gephart on How to Compete Against Bigger Companies
Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg moderated the Independent Media Company Panel at the 2024 OOH Media Conference earlier this month. He invited audience members to text questions they’d like panelists to answer. There were many sales-related questions which the panel didn’t have time to address so we put the questions to […]
Kevin Gephart on Effective OOH Marketing
Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg moderated an Independent Media Company Panel at the 2024 OOH Media Conference earlier this month. He invited audience members to text questions they’d like panelists to answer. There were many sales-related questions which the panel didn’t have time to address so we put the questions to […]
Day 1 of the 2024 OOH Media Conference in 4 Quotes
Anna Bager on why the just released MRC standards are a great thing for out of home In a recent Mediapost survey of advertisers and agencies, 87% said MRC accreditation was important to their measurement data. ANA + 4A’s are big supporters as well. This was a moment we […]
What’s Important Now? 3Q OOH Prospecting
For Q3 determine if you are on track to make your sales budget. A key to selling more 00H faster is planning for a sufficient prospecting/sales cycle. Don’t waste valuable, limited sales time pursuing new business with too short of a sales cycle. It’s unfortunate that management (for their own […]
Talk About the Client’s Business, Not Advertising
Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris discussed the importance of sales manager courtesy calls. Today they explain the importance of talking about the client’s business. Why a sales rep […]
Gephart and Lytle on Sales Management Courtesy Calls
Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris discussed the OOH sales management trap. Today they explain the importance of sales manager courtesy calls. Kevin Gephart. Somebody had a comment after […]
Gephart and Lytle on the OOH Sales Management Trap
Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris explained what’s wrong with a sales manager carrying a book of business. Today Kevin and Chris discuss the sales management trap. Chris Lytle. […]

















