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FOR BEST RESULTS, WORK BACKWARDS TO BUILD YOUR BILLBOARD PORTFOLIO By Frank Rolfe
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Most people start small and then think bigger over time. I’ve always found it better to think big and then work backwards to ascertain what you have to accomplish to get there.
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THE LAZY PERSON’S GUIDE TO WATCHING OVER YOUR SIGNS By Frank Rolfe
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Billboards have very few management responsibilities. You build the sign once every 30 years or more, and you rent the ad space typically only once per year. So after that, you simply need to casually ......
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TIPS ON RENEWING YOUR BILLBOARD LEASE By Frank Rolfe
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Billboard leases, while long-term, typically have an end date. This necessitates the billboard owner obtaining a renewal of the existence lease or forging a new lease altogether. So what are some solid tips to
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INDUSTRY ANALYST SEES LARGE INCREASE IN BILLBOARD REVENUES IN 2021 By Frank Rolfe
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Industry veteran Mark Boidman recently stated that “the billboard audience is clearly back” and a “9% to 16% billboard income growth projection” should hold........
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A BASIC PRIMER REGARDING LIGHTING BILLBOARD SIGNS By Frank Rolfe
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Electricity was first made commercially available in 1879. Billboards – as we know them today – began in the 1920s,
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HOW TO EXPLAIN TO A PROPERTY OWNER WHY A BILLBOARD LEASE IS SO LONG IN LENGTH By Frank Rolfe
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Billboards have always been based on extremely long ground lease lengths – as long as 30 years or more. While that’s great for the billboard owner, it can sometimes be a challenge to explain to the property owner why they are so lengthy. So what are the explanations?
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HOW TO RENT THE “IMPOSSIBLE” BILLBOARD
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Not all billboards are created equal and some have some really big hurdles to get over in order to find a suitable advertiser. These hurdles can include poor visibility, low traffic count, bad demographics and
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BILLBOARD RENTS ARE ELASTIC AND YOU NEED TO STAY PREPARED
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One thing I learned from past recessions is that billboard revenues are extremely “elastic”. They can go up or down significantly based on how the economy is doing. Although there is typically a renter for every sign,
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HOW TO SCREW UP A BILLBOARD INVESTMENT By Frank Rolfe
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Making money is the goal of building or buying a billboard sign. However, if you don’t know what you’re doing you can actually lose money instead of making it. So what are the top six ways to screw up your billboard investment
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BILLBOARDS ARE LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE – ONLY MORE PROFITABLE
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We’ve all heard the old adage that once you learn to ride a bicycle you never forget it. Well, the this is also true with the entire “out-of-home” advertising industry. The skills from one segment of the industry
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