By Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO Looking back at 1977 – when I began working for the out of home (OOH) advertising business – that year is amazingly revealing, even prescient, about the future power of the oldest mass medium. Six slices of ’77 show the industry’s ability […]
St. Louis, MO – In the billboard business, key challenges and opportunities affect the biggest and smallest companies alike. That was Nancy Fletcher’s message to the IBO conference in St. Louis, MO (Independent Billboard Operators-USA). Fletcher is president and CEO of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Fletcher pledged […]
Warren Brown is a creative partner at Gutthink and Partners and has represented Australia at Cannes. In his Open3 interview, Brown says that what you leave out is more important than what you put in: “OOH trains you to constantly ask yourself, “What can I take out?” It’s what you […]
Florida billboard attorney Jennifer Sloane has this to say: “At the 11th hour, literally, Hurricane Irma took a more northward bound turn and headed towards central Florida (just west of Orlando). This unexpected turn did not give outdoor operators time to prepare. Luckily no structures have been seen damaged in […]
By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA OAAA’s fall calendar is loaded with new benefits to help you sell, manage, and promote OOH advertising. In October, Nielsen will release new research that shows how OOH activates online advertising. This is the next phase of Nielsen research, building on its recent […]
June 8, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden Nancy Fletcher Let me begin by reporting that the US OOH industry is doing well: In 2016, US industry revenue hit an all-time high of $7.6 billion. OOH has grown in every one of the last 28 quarters. Every segment of the business was up […]
It’s hard for me to believe, but this is the 25th year I’ve had the privilege to report on the State of the OOH Industry. In the last 25 years, together we’ve seen many challenges and opportunities – and remarkable transformation. Today I’m proud to report that the OOH industry […]
Douglas Watts is President of Urban Media Group. He acted as a brand officer for the OAAA in the lat 80’s and early 90’s. Here’s a recent email he sent to the OAAA CEO Nancy Fletcher talking about how media has changed and why he thinks out of home is at […]
By Nancy Fletcher, President, OAAA Thank you, OAAA principals, for sharing your honest thoughts with senior staff, in our recent telephone interviews. Here are 10 take-aways from owners and top executives at more than 75 OOH media companies, large and small. This valuable input, via one-on-one interviews: Helps guide […]
By Nancy Fletcher, President, Outdoor Advertising Association of America. A new report from Deloitte – saying advertising boosts the economy – includes a powerful “kicker” about the benefits of out of home (OOH) advertising. First, the big picture. Deloitte says every euro spent on advertising generates a seven-fold boost to […]
