Tag: Richard Molinaro

Day Two Highlights of the IBO Fall Conference

Thanks to the IBO for producing another informative and entertaining two days.  Here are the key moments from day two. Wealth Maximization – What Should I be Considering with Gabe Oliverio of Johnsen Fretty and Max Drachman of Drachman M&A Co.  Max – Building signs using cash from profits is […]

Getting Cleverer with Dynamic Content for Digital Billboards

By the Up To Something team, Richard Molinaro and Todd Turner Dynamic content is the show-off of the digital billboard world. It can change on a dime, pull in live data, and react to what’s happening in the real world right now. At the very least, use that power to […]

Billboards with Bling: How Vining Stone Supply Turns Rock into Romance

By the Up To Something team,  Richard Molinaro and Todd Turner In a sandbox crowded with grit and gravel, Vining Stone Supply is carving out a path all its own—by ditching the dirt and dressin’ up with diamonds. Their latest billboard campaign abandons the typical tropes of masonry, landscaping, and […]

Why Did These Billboard Designs Win?

Our friends from Up to Something, Richard Molinaro and Todd Turner did a great job with the Indie Impact Awards and we want to take some time to get their thoughts on what to think about if you want to design a winner. From Richard and Todd: Each winning billboard […]

Five Holiday OOH Ads That Sleigh

Thanks to Todd and Richard at Up To Something to allow us to reprint their post.  Merry Christmas. The holidays are the ultimate excuse to go big, bold, and a little extra—just like your neighbor’s over-the-top light display. We’ve had a blast creating festive out-of-home ads that turned heads and […]

5 Moments From Yesterdays Fall IBO Conference

Chris Cowlbeck, IBOUSA, on growth of the IBO Speedway “We now have 260 companies with 63,000 statics and 4,000 digitals in the IBO Speedway.  We have started marketing to agencies that we are one of the Big Four.” Gina Stratford, YESCO, on Boosting Sales Tactics “One thing we ask all […]

18 Months to Bigger, Beefier Contracts

Yesterday, Todd & Richard at up to something agency announced a new OOH Creative Training Course.  Insider was intrigued, so we caught up  with Richard Molinaro to get the details. Richard, Tell us about 18 Months to Bigger, Beefier Contracts? The quality of your creative directly affects the quantity of […]

Rate This Ad by Rich Molinaro

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Up to Something on the Three P’s of OOH Design

Todd Turner and Richard Molinaro of Up to Something gave an entertaining short course on out of home creative at the IBO conference.  You can access their talk at  http://uptosomething.agency/ibo-talk-2024 . Billboard Insider’s favorite slide is this one which reminds us that we need to be memorable, as well as clear.   To […]

Look Who’s Up To Something!

We have a new advertiser in our classified ad section. Up to Something. Todd Turner and Richard Molinaro are the founders of Up to Something and they have a passion for creating memorable campaigns.  We asked Todd and Richard to share one of their campaigns and they picked a project they […]