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DOOH Creative For American Cross Hurricane Harvey Relief

The American Red Cross is working hard to provide disaster relieve in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. They are requesting assistance from the OOH industry by placing donation messages around the country to support the relief effort. OAAA members are encouraged to download and use the digital bulletin and poster […]

10 Markets with the Highest Out of Home Share of 2016 Local Ad Spend.

Here’s a list of the 10 markets with the highest out of home share of local ad spending during 2016. Outdoor accounted for an average of 10% of the local ad spend in the 63 markets Insider examined so these markets are outperforming the average by a wide margin. OAAA […]

Jim McLaughlin Joins OAAA Board

James A. (Jim) McLaughlin, president and CEO of Link Media Outdoor, today joined the board of directors of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). “Jim McLaughlin is respected by peers nationwide as a builder of growth and equity,” said Nancy Fletcher, president and CEO of the national trade association […]

The Pros and Cons of Hurricane Frames

Insider has financed hurricane frames for several clients.  A hurricane frame is a backless billboard frame as opposed to a solid steel or wood billboard frame.   Here are the pros and cons of hurricane frames. Pros: Hurricane frames are half the cost because there’s not as much steel. There’s […]

Out of Home Advertising Up 1.5% in Q2 2017

August 16, 2017 (Washington, DC) –Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue rose 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous year, accounting for $2.38 billion, based on figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Year-to-date 2017 the OOH industry is up 1.0 percent, […]

Todd Turner on Out of Home Creativity

Todd Turner is the chair of the Creative Committee of the OAAA.  Turner is the National Creative Director at Adams+Fairway Outdoor.  Prior to joining Adams in 2004, Turner was a designer at EB Wall and Associates and Moonlight Creative Group.  An example of Turner’s work is this 2015 Best of […]

What digital billboard messages do consumers want?

One of the perks of an OAAA membership is the OAAA’s weekly Outlook which discusses articles and trends in the out of home industry.  This week’s OAAA Outlook had a chart summarizing the results of a study in which Posterscope interviewed 100,000 consumers about out of home advertising. The chart […]

Out of home slowing but outperforms traditional media.

The July 31, 2017 OAAA Outlook has a fascinating slide comparing US out of home revenue growth with other forms of media.  US out of home revenues are projected to decline from 3% growth in 2016 to 1.9% growth in 2017.  Slowing growth is nothing to get excited about but […]

The Case For Out of Home Creativity

Creative ads boost market share and revenue.  The OAAA put on an outstanding July 25 webinar by James Hurman titled The Case For Creativity.  Hurman is a media planner and consultant who’s written a book on the subject.  Here are three takeaways from Hurman’s talk. There’s a link between ad […]

National Geographic’s Photo Ark Reaches Millions

This summer, millions will see National Geographic’s rare animal photos on billboards and other out of home formats. On May 19, 2017, Endangered Species Day, the National Geographic Society and members of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), launched a groundbreaking OOH campaign driven by user generated content and […]