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...
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....
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Advertising used to focus on pushing out messaging to consumers. Today, we see data, technology and creativity feed brands' abilities to pull-in audiences.
EMC Outdoor interviews Jeff Gunderman of EYE Corp Media to understand the current state of out of home, success stories, and exciting growth opportunities!
As out of home sees rapid digitization of media and more accurate audience targeting, location becomes key in building audiences and targeting advertising.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 ...