With a plethora of ads and other distractions, it’s important for businesses to stand out in today’s market. This is why digital billboards can help companies get the edge when it comes to the consumer’s decision making. Let’s look at digital out-of-home advertising (DOOH ads) and see how they can help businesses attract customers and make sales. […]
In recent years, Out of Home (OOH) advertising has gained greater recognition as a core part of an integrated media plan. As the format gains popularity, the digitization of media assets is rapidly transforming how and why advertisers use it. Digital Out of Home (DOOH) allows brands to amplify their messages in dynamic and engaging ways. […]
When the 16th Century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus proudly exclaimed that the Sun, and not the Earth, was the center of the Universe, he faced wide-spread ridicule and skepticism. Up until Copernicus, everyone thought that the universe revolved around the Earth. The scientific community was up in arms by the very notion that we weren’t the cog. […]
Out of Home advertising is recognized as the oldest media format dating back to when ancient civilizations communicated important messages, like laws and treaties, to their people. Fast-forward a few thousand years and the format continues to be a major force for reaching audiences, building brand awareness and promoting products. […]
As advertisers, we’re often looking for ways to put branding on everything under the sun to reach our target audience. From typical formats, such as billboards and bus wraps, to more obscure formats, like a truck with a custom-fabricated snow mound on top or street teams dressed as reindeer handing out branded candy canes — anything is possible. […]
A few years ago, most media buyers probably would have said that digital media = the future and Out of Home media = the past. Over the last couple of years, however, an increasing number of studies is showing that the two advertising channels are more aligned than we might have guessed. […]
The Eagles win in Super Bowl LII created a feeling of excitement throughout the city of Philadelphia. Now, imagine if your brand could do the same! As a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, loyalty to my teams has been accompanied by the strain of being an underdog. I’ve also witnessed firsthand how a community can come together when a team succeeds. […]
Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. […]
So, what role can digital signage play in this multi-pronged and multi-faceted approach to communications that we are increasingly seeing on the rise? As consumer’s digital worlds become ever more crowded and cluttered it branded messaged, physical signage offers a tangible, high impact way to drive a visual message home. SEVENTH TIME’S THE CHARM. […]
As 2018 fast approaches, I see a number of key trends that will continue to dominate the Out of Home (OOH) industry. This year, OOH has seen solid growth as a part of the media plan, moving from 5-7% spend on average according to a new online activation study released by Nielsen. […]
In this increasingly digital age, why should you be including Out of Home media? Why consider OOH when digital online and mobile are king? In this second installment of our 3-part series, “An Introduction to Out of Home”, we are going to touch upon not just why Out of Home should be considered, but why it should be a core media buy for any plan. […]
Think of a wedding cake – close your eyes and picture it in your mind. It probably has several tiers, each one getting a little bit smaller as you move up – right? It turns out that wedding cake is a pretty good model for the evolution of Out of Home media planning. […]
The first time I placed Virtual Reality (VR) goggles on my head, I was not too impressed with the immersion experience that I was having. The goggles were bulky, I was tripping over the tether cord, and I was accidentally hitting people as I doodled a squiggle masterpiece with Google Tilt Brush. In short, I could not untether from the real world — as the technology promised. […]
There is a theory in evolution called punctuated equilibrium. Essentially what it says is that evolution is not a steady, plodding, gradual accumulation of incremental changes over time. Instead, it says that evolution is long periods of relative stasis where very little changes, punctuated by short bursts of rapid, major changes, moving forward in fits and starts. […]
The scale of Digital OOH will continue to grow – and will soon overtake traditional Out of Home media. The first digital billboards were installed in the US around 2005 and started slow, by 2010 there were still only about 2000 digital billboards installed in the US. Since then the growth curve has taken a sharp upward turn. […]
