Tag: Watchfire

Company of the Day – Ace Outdoor Advertising

Company: Ace Outdoor Advertising Market:  Shreveport, Bossier City, LA and Tyler TX Headquarters: 15560 FM 279, Chandler, TX 75758 Phone: 903-520-1788 Email: ace@aceoutdoor.net Ace Outdoor offers bulletin, trivision and digital displays in Shreveport, Bossier City, Louisiana and Tyler, Texas. The company is owned by Mike Grace. They recently have added 5 new digital panels to their […]

Grace Outdoor and Memphis Tangle over Digital Billboard

This article was meant to be a discussion of the Watchfire/Blip Advertising Plan with our friends Hal and Diana Stevenson of Grace Outdoor.  As you will see from our interview, it starts out that way, but changes quickly after a run in with the City of Memphis on the install […]

Watchfire Hiring 2 new territory managers.

By Carol Wade, Marketing Director, Watchfire Signs In response to a healthy market, a significant expansion of new opportunities and a growing roster of billboard operator customers, Watchfire has announced that it will expand from five to seven sales territories in 2018. The company will be hiring two new territory […]

Watchfire and Blip Offer Digital Billboard Incentive

A two-sided digital billboard and steel monopole structure can cost $250,000 – $350,000—a significant investment regardless of the size or experience of the billboard operator. In August, digital billboard manufacturer Watchfire Signs and Blip Billboards, an online digital billboard ad seller, announced an innovative program to help reduce the upfront cost of a […]

Watchfire Announces Partnership With Blip

DANVILLE, Ill. — (August 29, 2017) — In another advancement for digital billboard operators, Watchfire Signs announces an industry-exclusive pre-sale advertising plan available on the next 50 billboard purchases. Click to Tweet. The Watchfire Advertising Plan connects billboard operators with Blip Billboards to deliver pre-sold advertising that dramatically reduces the upfront price of any new […]

Watchfire Appoints Ben Barr Director of Sign Sales East Coast

DANVILLE, Ill. – (August 23, 2017) – Watchfire Signs (www.watchfiresigns.com), a manufacturer of digital on-premise and outdoor LED signs, announced that Ben Barr has been promoted to director of sign division sales, East Coast, succeeding John Kunze, who is retiring after 26 years with the company. Barr joined Watchfire Signs […]

Watchfire Signs Unveils New FCC Emissions Guarantee

DANVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – May 15, 2017) – Following recent allegations of widespread and significant electromagnetic interference in the United States from imported digital signs and billboards, Danville, Ill.-based Watchfire Signs announced an FCC Emissions Guarantee for all its LED signs and digital billboards. The Watchfire FCC Emissions Guarantee states that […]

Darrin Friskney on Digital Billboards and FCC Emmission Limits

Watchfire has published a white paper alleging that Asian manufactured LED signs and digital billboards are emitting electromagnetic interference at levels that dramatically surpass FCC limits.  Insider asked Watchfire Vice President Darrin Friskney about the issue. What are the FCC emission limits for digital signs and why are they important? […]

Watchfire RSS Feed updates billboards during b-ball tournament

DANVILLE, Ill. – (March 14, 2017) – The focus of collegiate basketball will be on the brackets for the annual college basketball tournament. Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download free widgets to integrate basketball scores throughout the tournament beginning March 14, 2017. “School spirit is at an all-time high each year […]

Watchfire RSS Feed Updates Billboards and Signs With Super Bowl Scores

DANVILLE, Ill. – (February 1, 2017) – While most people tune into the big football game to watch the ads, Watchfire billboard operators can capture the attention of motorists by displaying the current score. Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download free widgets to integrate up-to-the-minute football scores for the […]