Out of Home Media Trends for 2023
As we move into 2023 it's time to take a look at the Out of Home Media trends that will be affecting the industry in the coming year.
Tag: OOH
5 Takeaways from the DPAA Conference in New York City
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...
5 Things to Know Before Activating Your OOH Campaign
Activating your first Out of Home campaign is a complex undertaking. A lot of emphasis is placed on the planning stages – and rightly so. As you might suspect, it’s about more than just finding a few good billboard spots....
Why Out of Home Media is Perfect for Emerging Brands
Emerging brands are everywhere; whether you’re a mom & pop local business, a million-dollar funded start-up, or an established top brand in your industry, Out of Home serves a purpose for growth. Brands utilize OOH media to put themselves in...
Political Advertising Amplified With Out of Home Advertising
Political advertising is in full swing with the 2022 midterm elections upon us and accelerating quickly. A recent analysis found that spending surpasses the last two election cycles, including the last presidential election. In the next few months, before elec...
Get to Know: Frederick Strebeck
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...
Price Doesn’t Equal Value: Out of Home and the CPM Conundrum
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...
How Will Advertising in the Metaverse Work? The Next Level in OOH
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...
5 Reasons to Include Out of Home Media in Your Marketing Plans
Building a comprehensive, multi-channel media plan can be a challenge. Finding a mix of channels that build on each other to reach your audience where they spend their time is crucial. In this guide, we’ll examine just how Out of...
The Benefits of Out of Home Attribution
Unsure about the benefits of out of home attribution? This article breaks down three benefits of out of home attribution and how you can start today.
What is Out of Home Media?
Wondering what out of home media is? This post breaks down all the different types of OOH advertising and shows how it can complement your other marketing.
Political Advertising with Out of Home
An out-of-home media strategy can be an effective tool for targeting key voter audiences in highly competitive and under-served markets in an election year.
5 Trends for Out of Home in 2020
In 2020, out-of-home will see more efficient campaigns, better use of data, a shift in agency-advertiser teams, and the rise of artificial intelligence.
Ask the Experts: What is the most influential change you’ve witnessed in OOH?
Brand and agency marketing experts answer the question: What has been the most influential and exciting change in out-of-home that you’ve witnessed?
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OOH 101: A Comprehensive Introduction to Out of Home Media [Ebook]
OOH 101 is an easy-to-read reference for out of home media types and formats, why it should be a part of your media plan, and how it should be implemented.
Geopath Insights Transforms Out of Home to Audience-First Media
The release of Geopath Insights measurements ushers in a new era of Out of Home that shifts focus away from format and location to audience-first planning.
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The History of Billboards [Infographic]
Take a journey through history to see how billboard advertising has developed over the years, from illustrated posters to digital screens!
5 Reasons Out of Home is Important for Trade Show Marketing
Trade show marketing beyond the convention hall is a valuable strategy that helps brands attain key business goals and better engage their audience.
Coyote at a Crossroads: Thoughts on the OAAA/Geopath Conference and the Future of Out of Home
The OAAA/Geopath Conference addressed important themes in out of home today. It also exposed the unprecedented capabilities of location-based marketing and how we in the industry need to catch up.
The Push and Pull of Out of Home Today
Advertising used to focus on pushing out messaging to consumers. Today, we see data, technology and creativity feed brands' abilities to pull-in audiences.
Pro POV: Interview with Jeff Gunderman, President & CEO of EYE Corp Media
EMC Outdoor interviews Jeff Gunderman of EYE Corp Media to understand the current state of out of home, success stories, and exciting growth opportunities!
The Brave New World of Location Based Marketing
As out of home sees rapid digitization of media and more accurate audience targeting, location becomes key in building audiences and targeting advertising.
How to Drive Enrollment for Health Insurance Brands Using Out of Home Media
Marketing for health insurance brands can be extremely challenging. They face several different complex and unique hurdles to acquiring new subscribers. So how can a health insurance brand stand out in the marketplace while facing stiff competition? How can th...
Top Tech Trends Impacting Location-Based Marketing
In a world full of digitized interactions, location based marketers need to embrace emerging technology and understanding how to harness its dual nature of disruption and innovation.
Out of Home’s Shift from Knowledge to Skill-based Planning
The average consumer spends 70% of their time out of their home. Being able to reach them with relevant content or brand story is what makes out of home advertising a key component of the marketing mix. In this age of digital and big data, OOH planning and str...
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Finding My Outdoor Voice in Out of Home [Intern Spotlight]
Since May, I've held an internship at EMC Outdoor. I'm grateful to be one of the 80% of students who intern at least once in college and 50% who intern more than once. The Out of Home industry and location-based marketing were exciting and new, and this intern...
How to Leverage Your Emotions for Better Selling
When you go through a full sales cycle, you experience the myriad of emotions which accompany it: rejection, fear, resiliency, purpose, fulfillment, defeat, and success. Closing a deal feels great, but the losses don't. We must learn to bounce back from reject...
Innovating With the Oldest Ad Medium
In recent years, Out of Home advertising has gained greater recognition as a core part of an integrated media plan. The digitization of assets is rapidly transforming how and why advertisers use it. With new technological advances, we look at what brands are d...
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The History of Digital Out of Home [Infographic]
In the last half-century, we've witnessed the development of Digital Out of Home technology, which has brought new messaging and media planning capabilities to an age-old format. Reflect with us on the history of DOOH to get a glimpse of where it began and whe...
The Rhythm of Advertising
I’ve come to think about advertising in a different way. There is a flow by which we live and a rhythm by which we walk, and if any of those things go off beat, we know it fast. When an advertising message falls into our rhythm, it breaks through and is on b...
Destination Marketing Done Right
Out of Home and Experiential marketing can be the difference-maker for your travel and tourism brand. The strengths of OOH—a variety of formats and targeting techniques—make it a valuable strategy for a destination brand. Experiential marketing can create ...
The Power of Good Creative
As advertisers, we want to put branding on everything under the sun to reach our target audience. The consumer's focus and attention are in high-demand and every brand is fighting for a slice of the pie. Good Out of Home creative grabs the consumer's attention...
6 Common Planning Mistakes in Out of Home
What advertisers who are new to OOH don’t realize is that there are many factors to consider when building a campaign, such as viable media formats, audience targeting, location, etc. Gain a better understanding of OOH and strategies that will increase its e...
Repairing a Community Through Advertising
What comes to mind when you think of advertising? It can have a strong, meaningful purpose by creating awareness about an important value or idea. For the past 26 years, Camden County Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (CCCADA) has filled the role of alcohol a...
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Out of Home and the Casual Consumer [Infographic]
Out-of-Home advertising is something we encounter on a daily, even hourly basis. Paired with other forms of advertising, it can amplify any campaign. Check out the stats below and the story of Jane, your average consumer. Follow her on a routine day where Out-...
How to Create a Brand Presence Off of the Trade Show Floor
For many brands, trade show marketing is a major component of the integrated marketing mix because it offers such a unique brand engagement opportunity. With the right audience in the right place at the right time, it’s a no-brainer to market to them. How ca...
Why Top Brands Spend More on Out of Home
In the latest World Advertising Research Center (WARC) Global Ad Trends report, it states “successful brands allocate an average 13% of their media budget to out of home.” Since reading the report, I have been interested in understanding more about these s...
5 Keys to Planning Your Experiential Campaign
The dynamics of today’s market and how companies reach consumers is shifting. To address the new market dynamics, implementing experiential marketing in your marketing mix is quickly becoming a necessity. The question is no longer if you should be doing expe...
10 Reasons Out of Home and Experiential Marketing are Essential to Strategic Account Planning
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...
Why Should You Include Out of Home in Your Media Plan?
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...
The Link, The Bridge & The Billboard: Could Out-of-Home provide the breakthrough that unlocks Omni-Channel Advertising?
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...
OOH: The Spice in Your Media Plan
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 | A Day in the Life of a Convention Attendee
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...
Digital Immersion & Its Impact on OOH – A Future Look
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...
A Day in the Life: Summer Festivals
I always look forward to this time of year -- when the weather is just right, the atmosphere in the city is hopping, and everyone is ready to attend a calendar of summer events. With so many options for summer events and festivals to choose from, what type of ...