Billboard Advertising News
News and press releases — page 8 of 17.
January 5, 2015
Billboards Plead for Mercedes to Stay in NJ as Decision LoomsMercedes Benz USA is considering moving its US Headquarters from New Jersey to the Southeast. Word of the possible move has prompted a New Jersey billboard owner to make a public plea for the car maker to stay in the Garden State. Marty Judge, the co-owner of Judge outdoor has posted the message above on […]
December 22, 2014
Valdosta State Launches New Billboard CampaignValdosta State University wants to capture the attention of prospective students in Georgia and North Florida. After extensive research, the school has launched their new marketing campaign that includes a series of billboards featuring a flaming match. Officials at Valdosta State say they wanted to stand out in the crowd and they think it’s a […]
December 15, 2014
Larger Than Life in Times SquareIt spans an entire city block and earned the title of “North America’s Largest Digital Billboard.” This enormous billboard in New York’s Times Square towers over everyone below…it is eight stories high and 25,000 square feet. Google bought the space this month and they are making sure it’s one to remember, not only for its […]
December 8, 2014
German Cars Battle it out on BillboardsLuxury German car brands are battling it out on billboards in California. Until now, the wars have been contained in their home country, but Audi broke what may be an unspoken rule and put up the above billboard in Santa Monica touting its A4 line of cars and challenging BMW to respond. Not to be outdone, […]
November 17, 2014
Louisville Thanks Douglasville, GA Native with BillboardAsia Durr is taking her skills to the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and the school said thanks in a big way! Durr was featured on a billboard in her hometown of Douglasville, GA last week. Durr currently plays the point guard position for St. Pius X in Atlanta and is the no. 2 prospect […]
November 3, 2014
High Tech Billboard Creates Drinking WaterStudents and professors at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru designed and built a billboard that can extract potable water from the humidity in the air. They wanted to address the water shortage created by the area’s changing climate. Despite being a desert, the area is surprisingly humid, with levels topping out around […]
October 27, 2014
Atlanta Billboards Credited for Helping Transplant PatientsMandie found her match! Earlier this month, Mandie received her life saving kidney transplant…you may remember seeing her face on billboards all around metro Atlanta last year. Her family says those billboards raised awareness about Mandie’s battle and may have helped other patients, but Mandie’s aunt is the one credited with saving her […]
October 16, 2014
Georgia’s Piedmont Newnan Hospital Launches New Billboard CampaignIn honor of breast cancer awareness month, Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Georgia launched a billboard campaign to raise awareness of the disease and encourage women to get mammograms. CEO Mike Robertson says he adopted the idea from the hospital’s Henry County, Georgia location. He says there has already been a lot of interest in […]
October 3, 2014
Atlanta’s Georgia Tech Up For Billboard AwardGeorgia Tech’s new multi media marketing campaign is getting noticed! This initiative is one of three finalists in the 2014 The Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia (OAAG) Creative Contest. The “Together We Swarm” campaign involves multiple designs on several billboards around Atlanta. The billboard designs were developed by Georgia Tech’s Athletic Marketing team….they say their […]
September 15, 2014
Cow Billboards Bid Farewell in Atlanta, GeorgiaThe death of Chick-fil-A’s founder, S. Truett Cathy, was not lost on the restaurant’s infamous cows. The cows took a break from their usual antics to pay tribute to the chain’s late founder, via their famous billboards in Georgia. And true to form, their spelling is not the best but they did get his name […]