Sponsorship opportunities are a key part of the trade show and conference ecosystem. Sponsorships are critical for both the exhibiting brands, as well as the event organizations themselves. For exhibitors, conferences are such an important part of their yearly...
If you’ve been paying attention over the last few years, you’ll know that Out of Home has evolved into far more than just billboards. It’s a rapidly evolving media format, primarily due to the growth of Digital Out of Home...
Geopath’s new vision lays out an exciting roadmap and foundation for the future of Out-of-Home media measurement that will help drive growth for the channel
Tell us a little about yourself: I am a born and bred New Yorker. I grew up in Long Island, attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and then moved to NYC after graduation. I love to travel, experience different...
Long-standing Out of Home specialist agency EMC Outdoor has promoted industry veteran Christie Massey to the position of President to help lead the agency into the future.
EMC Outdoor announces and welcomes new hire, Frederick Strebeck, to join the agency’s team as Vice President of Out of Home Media Strategy. Based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Strebeck will focus on cultivating strong relationships with clients on t...
If you go online and Google “core values” you can find loads of articles on why they are essential, how to craft them, how to live them, etc. There will also be countless listicles of companies with great, powerful, impactful,...
If I were to show you a small section of a very famous painting, you probably wouldn’t have much luck identifying it: If I zoom out to show you twice as much, we’re probably still in the same boat, there’s...
The Metaverse has become an inescapable buzzword over the past year, especially since Facebook rebranded into Meta. However, it’s much more than that, as we’re witnessing the beginnings of an entirely new medium of advertising that could have far-r...
As tradeshows and conferences are beginning to come back we thought it would be a good time to take another look at how exhibitors can reach event attendees with Out of Home media. Out of Home is often overlooked as...
The past 18 months has been a roller coaster for the advertising industry, and for the Out of Home industry in particular. Lockdowns, people working – and shopping – from home meant reduced traffic on the roads, and this meant...
Many advertisers look at Out of Home as a media format to reach consumers and may overlook the fact that marketers can use OOH media to reach B2B audiences.
As trade shows begin to come back, there are many things to consider as we move into the new normal. So, what are the expectations for post-Covid trade shows?
Out Of Home media has traditionally been viewed as a Top of Funnel advertising medium that raises brand awareness but has little effect on the rest of the customers' purchase journey. This perception has made many advertisers ignore how Out of Home media can d...
As human beings, we frequently accept certain assumptions as facts just because they are generally believed. This is certainly true of marketers as well, and one belief that has been commonly accepted is that Out of Home media may help...
Based on the most recent Covid mobility reports released by the Geopath, not only has traffic recovered from its 2020 COVID lows, but Out of Home traffic is exceeding pre-covid levels, surpassing 2019 travel for the same period. Since the...
Betsy McLarney, CEO of EMC Outdoor, a nationally recognized, location-based marketing agency headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, was elected as a new member to the Geopath Board of Directors.
As we enter 2019, we look forward with excitement at what new opportunities and developments lay ahead. We're eager to gain deeper engagement, more connectivity and a better understanding of the world around us. These are all major focal points that will make ...
At EMC Outdoor and EMC Events, we have officially launched our strategy team and named it Account LAB. This team acts as a strategic and creative plug-in, ready for engagement with you around your goals, challenges, and KPI’s related to out of home, experie...
The methods for measuring out of home media have changed drastically over the last few years - if you haven't been paying close attention you might have missed out. Let us get you up to speed on where OOH has come from, and the exciting new tools that are just...
As strategic planners, our job is to consider the most effective and creative approaches that we can bring to market based on our clients’ goals, maximized budgets and, hopefully, a mix of genius creative spin. As an out of home and experiential marketing st...
The inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen once said, “Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation” Out of Home media is currently on the cusp of just such a “once in a while” moment, a foundational chang...
It goes by a lot of names…. "experiential marketing", "event marketing", "on-ground marketing", "live marketing", "participation marketing", or "special events". But no matter what name people use, it’s clear that there is one thing experiential marketing ...
Recent changes in data & technology are transforming the industry into a media that can be planned with the same types of targeting and precision as other channels. With the wide variety of media options available, the variability of media efficacy across ...
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 j...
Marketing to Family Decision Makers has changed drastically over the last few years, as consumer behavior and media channels have shifted. How can marketers reach the Family Decision Maker? With a combination of digital media and Out of Home.
We all know that the use of mobile devices is reshaping both consumer behavior, and the ways advertisers reach them. But have you stopped to think about how this newest media format relates to the oldest media format? Our new info-graphic shares some interesti...
What if I told you the best form of advertising to reach millennials isn’t really “advertising” at all? – at least not in the traditional sense. Our lives are centered around relationships, and while marketers seem to think those relationships are all ...
Trade shows and conventions are critical marketing opportunities for exhibitors. Many companies devote relatively large portions of their marketing budget to these events recognizing the benefit of the face to face meetings.
One important part of trade show...
The omni-channel paradigm is the Holy Grail of modern advertising, yet there have been significant obstacles in achieving it. Out of Home can provide a powerful additional touchpoint and tool by improving the ability to positively identify audiences (one of th...
For years, Out of Home has struggled with competing against other, more high profile media for budget dollars. But recent, major studies may change all that, showing that Out of Home has been overperforming, and undervalued all this time.
Chili is one of my favorite dishes to prepare for my family. There must be a million different recipes out there, but if nothing else, you gotta have some type of meat, beans and a sauce. Think of the basic ingredients to any chili recipe and compare it to tra...
San Francisco is one of the top trade show and convention markets in the country and possibly the world. It also happens to be a fantastic city for food, drink, sights, and shopping. I often spend a lot of my...
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...
I left our industry conference, OAAA/Geopath #LookOut2017, a couple of weeks ago with profound excitement about where our industry is headed. All the right questions were asked as the industry is moving towards an embrace of technology, data and audience iden...
This is the first in a series that will look at millennials and how they interact with out of home media. This first segment goes through the daily interactions that a millennial can have on any given day of the week with OOH media.
The event organizer is committed to producing a successful event for all its members in attendance. While there are many tasks at hand when producing an event, sponsorship-advertising solutions are but one element that requires special attention.
The shift to online grocery shopping is poised to make a dramatic shift not just to the fundamental ways in which grocery stores operate, but also how grocery chains will market themselves in the future.