Paris vs. New York. Normally compared in a sort of classical vs. modern debate framed around the mentalities of the people and their respective histories. Those of us lucky enough to spend ample time in both places know that there are differences between the cultures that are inexplicably deep. Sometimes the differences are immediately obvious, [...]
Walking outside the La Fayette Galleries is Paris, France, one definitely cannot lament the lack of Christmas lights. Lit up like a drunk uncle on Christmas Eve, the spectacle certainly puts a passerby in the mood to spend money. Inside the galleries, where Gucci, Dior, and every other brand that this writer cannot afford compete [...]
An interesting post from Paul Flanigan on DigitalSignageToday about the “Field Of Dreams” quote, If You Build it They Will Come, Really. Flanigan is an expert on creating a compelling experience and content is his charge. Now working with Saddle Ranch Productions, his blog experiate.net links to our DOOHFinder with some of his most educational [...]
Patrick Quinn, one of DOOH.com’s close friends and a former journalist who took his sleuthing capabilities to statistics, gets anonymous reporting from just over 200 DOOH networks (or DPN as he labels them, Digital Place-Based Networks) in North America for his forecast econometrics reports. In his recent talk at the CETW show last week in [...]
CETW Follow Up
As the carpet began to be rolled up the aisles yesterday afternoon, the attendees of the CETW show slowly started to move towards the exit and the unforgiving taxi landscape of 11th avenue at 30 minutes to 5 PM. Spruced by a solid show, most exhibitors were reporting an excellent collection of leads and, as [...]
The usual faces turned up at CETW in New York City yesterday as the engagement-oriented trade show sought to attract buyers and advertisers to a heavily under construction Javits Center on Manhattan’s west side. Underway are the efforts of digital signage, mobile, and kiosks providers to lure new contracts amid a market that is less [...]
The ability for digital signage to recognize who is in front of its screen has been pioneered by a number of companies to change the retail and DOOH advertising space. Targeting to a specific gender and age group vastly limits waste, and ensures that the experience is more relevant for the user. While it might [...]
Looking around the screens flashed advertisements and content, some had audio, creating a mix-up between the primary and secondary entertainment. At night it was a bright as day. I am not writing about Times Square, the iconic Digital Out of Home mecca here in New York City, I am writing about a friend’s place in [...]
Starting today, August 11, DOOH.com will be featuring a six part video interview filmed at the Digital Signage Showcase Theater at InfoComm 2011 in Orlando, FL. Host and industry leader Lyle Bunn, who has worked extensively with Tony Hymes in publishing major DOOH industry reports carried in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, interviewed [...]
Putting yourself in the mindset of the consumer is a valuable part of a media planner’s training. With DOOH, planners have the ability to select networks that deliver their message in the time and place it will be best received. Coming from the advertising agency world, with an interest in innovation and new technologies, [...]
