As the digital LED billboard component of outdoor advertising percolates its way into the outdoor-advertising community, a few, critical, market drivers will continue to stimulate its growth. The cost of acquiring digital billboards continues to descend, making them more readily available for outdoor-advertising companies just getting started with digital billboards and for those who are expanding their existing, outdoor, electronic-media network.
Also, as media planners develop their clients’ marketing campaigns, they’ll see digital billboards as an important part of their advertising buy into regional and national markets. This, in turn, reinforces outdoor-advertising companies’ strategies of building and expanding their already existing, digital billboard networks.
As digital billboard inventories continue to grow, many print billboard locations will be destined for structural conversions, a trend that will only accelerate as the economy improves. With more digital LED billboards appearing on roadsides, advertisers and media planners can position their messages in a new light and create a greater reach in connecting with the passing public.