Source: OAAA
Out of home advertising (“OOH”) is the fastest growing traditional media in America – more than TV, radio, and print. OOH thrives because OOH is anything but traditional. Fueled by unrivaled vision
and creativity, OOH advertising will always deliver innovative ways to help advertisers take their message further.
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Out of Home Advertising is:
Real and Powerful
In a world of clicks, likes and page views, out of home advertising (“OOH”) is more of a core media buy than ever before. OOH is the real thing. It can't be blocked, skipped or viewed by bots. OOH is always on, surrounding and immersing audiences with real, powerful, advertising, wherever consumers live, work, travel, shop and play.
Real and Creative
OOH advertising offers big, bold, powerful storytelling, and a range of formats and unique locations that deliver larger-than-life impact. New mobile, wireless, and digital OOH technologies offer creative and innovative ways to interact and transact with consumers.
Real and Relevant
OOH advertising delivers the right message, at the right time and place, to the right audience. It offers highly targeted and contextually relevant advertising based on location, demographics, consumer behavior, and even day-part.
Real and Connected
OOH uses leading-edge technology to strengthen bonds between brands and consumers, to improve targeting and ROI analysis, and to stay ahead of where consumers are heading. With connected networks and platforms, OOH advertising is a fully integrated partner in the media planning and buying ecosystem.
Real and Effective
OOH advertising drives awareness and brand affinity. It’s also a proven media amplifier, because it extends reach and frequency in integrated campaigns and is the most efficient driver of mobile, social, and digital engagement.
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Embracing Change
OOH advertising today is a diverse mix of billboards, street furniture, transit, and place-based media. The medium has evolved from paper posters and hand-painted signs, to vinyl and digital billboards, to place-based displays and emerging technologies like geofencing and wireless beacons. Over the years, the only constant has been change. OOH works because OOH as an industry has always embraced change –
evolving, transforming, and sometimes even disrupting, in order to stay relevant in today’s digital landscape
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Why OOH is a Core Media Buy
CREATIVE: Big, bold, immersive storytelling that only OOH can deliver.
RELEVANT: Audience + Location + Data means OOH is always on target.
INNOVATIVE: Practical innovations that all advertisers, big and small, can implement and scale.
INTEGRATED: OOH amplifies other media in an integrated.
EFFECTIVE: OOH is the second fastest-growing ad medium for a reason. It delivers huge reach with superior ROI, while complementing digital impressions in the real world, closest to the point of sale.
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What OOH Stands For
Creatively impactful
- Big, bold, beautiful creative
- Larger-than-life storytelling
- Wide range of sizes, shapes, and formats
Contextually relevant
- Right message, right audience, right time, right place
- Can target by location, demographic, day-part, behavior
- Unparalleled place-based engagement
Media amplifier
- Dramatically extends reach and frequency
- Most effective driver of mobile, social, and digital
- Mass reach and viral potential make campaigns bigger
Ubiquitous
- Real-life impact in a digital world
- Always on
- Can’t be blocked, skipped, or viewed by bots
Connected
- Wireless, beacons, augmented reality, and other tech connect and engage
- Connected digital networks and buying platforms
- Full partner in integrated media planning
Data-driven
- Geo-location, audience measurement, and advanced data analytics for better targeting, insights, and ROI
Accountable
- Customer-focused and results-driven
Innovative
- Forward-thinking, digitally native, media fluent
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OOH By The Numbers
- Record levels of consumer miles driven and passenger miles flown have helped make OOH the second fastest-growing ad media in the U.S. Only digital advertising has grown faster.
- Consumers 18-64 spend more time with OOH than any other ad media except for television.
- Though consumers spend 70% of their waking hours away from home, on average, only 5% of ad budgets are spent on OOH.
- OOH is a highly effective local media. About 7 out of 10 OOH ads promote local businesses.
- There are currently 6,700 digital billboards in the U.S., a 109% growth rate since 2012.
- OOH delivers superior ROI. For every $1 spent on OOH approximately $2.80 in sales is generated, compared to $2.43 for TV and $2.41 for print.
- OOH drives more online activity per ad dollar spent than any other traditional media. OOH is 382% more effective than TV, 200% more effective than print, and 63% more effective than radio in driving consumers online.
- 85% of all consumers believe OOH is useful, 83% believe it is informative, and 82% say it creates jobs and stimulates the economy.
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Impact of OOH Advertising - Mobile Activation
Actions taken by the consumer after viewing any OOH media in the past year:
Used online search to look up information about the advertiser |
35% |
Accessed a coupon or discount code |
22% |
Visited an advertiser's site |
22% |
Downloaded or used an app shown in the ad |
15% |
Snapped a photo of an ad |
14% |
Source: Nielsen 2016; Base: Adults 16+
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OOH Reaches Consumers When They Are In Active Purchase Mode
Among consumers who viewed any OOH ad in the past month:
39% |
noticed DIRECTIONAL OOH ads |
21% |
visited RESTAURANT advertised |
19% |
visited STORE advertised |
9% |
ATTENDED event advertised |
8% |
CALLED a phone number |
Source: Nielsen
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OOH Outperforms Traditional Media in Reaching Consumers in the Half-Hour Before Purchase Activities
Exposure by medium during path to purchase activities:
Source: USA Touchpoints and RealityMine; Base: Adults 18-64
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Consumers Spend More Time With OOH Than Any Medium Except TV
Source: USA Touchpoints and RealityMine; Base: Adults 18-64
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Nielsen OOH Advertising Study - Highlights
Reach:
91% of U.S. residents age 16 or older who have traveled in a vehicle in the past
month, noticed some form of OOH, and 79% have noticed OOH in the past week
Engagement:
82% of billboard viewers make a point to look at the advertising message at least
some of the time; over one-third look at the billboard ad each time or almost each time they noticed one.
Source: Nielsen 2016; Base Adults 16+
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Major Media CPM Comparison
Source: Peter J. Solomon Company. Estimates as of June 2015. Median values represented within each bar.
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OOH Produces Some of the Highest ROI's in Advertising
Source: Brandscience
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Positive Emotions and Reach by Medium
Consumers report positive emotions in the same half-hour as 49% of OOH exposures.
Source: USA Touchpoints, 2014.1
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OOH Creates Positive Associations With Consumers
Most MEMORABLE Advertising |
Most TRUSTWORTHY Advertising |
TV - 46% |
TV - 28% |
Out of Home - 34% |
Out of Home - 24% |
Print - 7% |
Print - 22% |
Online - 4% |
Online - 3% |
Source: FEPE, Future Foundation
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OOH Builds Brand Affinity at Levels Equal to TV
Source: Binet & Field
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Number of Out of Home Displays
Billboards
|
Street Furniture |
Transit |
Alternative |
Bulletins
158,868
|
Bus Shelters
49,082 |
Airports
68,560 |
Arena & Stadiums
1,352 |
Digital Billboards
6,700 |
Urban Furniture
Bus Benches
Newsracks
Newstands
Phone Kiosks |
Buses
205,426 |
Cinema
34,350 |
Posters
165,606 faces |
Digital Urban Furniture
699 |
Subway & Rail
184,078 faces |
Digital Place-Based/Video
1,25 million screens |
Junior Posters
33,336 faces |
|
Mobile Billboards
1,200 |
Interior Place-Based
Convenience Stores
Health Clubs
Restaurants/Bars |
Walls/Spectaculars
4,029 |
|
Truckside
2,732 vehicles |
Exterior Place-Based
Airborne
Marine
Resorts & Leisure |
|
|
Taxis/Wrapped Vehicles
46,194 |
Shopping Malls
30,352 |
|
|
Digital Transit
3,760 |
Digital Shopping Malls
120 |
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Top 10 OOH Advertisers