You saw the billboard. You typed the address.

Does outdoor work?You're the proof.

A few words on a billboard just moved you from the road to this page. Imagine that same pull working for your business, every day, in front of thousands of drivers.

99%
weekly reach, adults 18–64
$2–9
cost per thousand views
7
markets, local teams
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What just happened

You just ran our test for us

This page exists for one reason: to show you, not tell you, what a billboard does. Here's the path you just took.

  1. 01

    You noticed

    A simple question on a billboard, seen at road speed. No skip button, no ad blocker.

  2. 02

    You remembered

    Three words and a web address stuck long enough for you to look it up.

  3. 03

    You acted

    You came here. That's a visit we can count, and we're counting.

  4. 04

    Now picture your name on it

    Same board, same road, same curiosity, pointed at your business.

The research

People see it. Then they act on it.

Out-of-home reaches people on the path to purchase, with ads that can't be skipped, blocked or turned off.

99%

Weekly reach among adults 18–64. More than any other medium.

Reagan Outdoor, Why Outdoor
82%

of billboard viewers make a point to look at the message at least some of the time.

Nielsen OOH Study, 2016
40%

visited a restaurant they saw advertised on out-of-home.

Reagan Outdoor, Why Outdoor
39%

visited a store they saw advertised on out-of-home.

Reagan Outdoor, Why Outdoor
35%

of smartphone owners searched for an advertiser on their phone after seeing an OOH ad.

Nielsen OOH Study, 2016
24%

of OOH viewers looked up the advertiser on Google or Bing.

Nielsen OOH Study, 2016
20+ hrs

Average time Americans spend in a vehicle every week.

Arbitron OOH Study, 2013
4 in 10

OOH viewers have talked about a product they saw advertised.

Arbitron OOH Study, 2013

Reagan case studies

We've tested this before

Two Reagan campaigns in Austin, each measured by independent surveys before and after the boards went up.

Billboard reading Austin Texas founded in 1839, AustinFounded.com

Austin Founded

Billboards taught a city its birthday

We called 300 Austinites and asked what year the city was founded. Then we posted one billboard message and asked again.

6.1%
32.8%
49.8%
Before28 days56 days
A 716% increase in 56 days. With no incentive on the board, AustinFounded.com drew 1,200 unique visitors.

Study by Ken Foster, MBA, PhD, Professor of Consumer Psychology, University of Utah. n=300 per wave, ±5.4%.

Home Plate Peanut Butter billboard reading Wild Caught Peanut Butter

Home Plate Peanut Butter

A home run for a local brand

Before any boards went up, 6.3% of Austinites had heard of Home Plate and 2.7% had bought it. We posted 31 posters across Austin for 12 weeks.

+451%product awareness
+185%purchases
3×website traffic (1,468 → 4,216)
Home Plate is now sold in Central Market, Sprouts and Fiesta Mart, plus many other Austin retailers.

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What it costs

More reach for less

Outdoor has one of the lowest costs per thousand views of any major medium, and it makes every other channel in your mix work harder.

Cost per thousand views (CPM)

Outdoor
$2–$9
Online
$2–$19
Radio
$4–$15
Magazines
$10–$21
Television
$10–$32
Newspapers
$29–$39
Direct mail
$20–$43
$0$15$30$45

Same $25,000 budget

PlanReachFreq.CPM
TV only46%2.76$12.52
TV + Outdoor59%5.4$5.88
Outdoor only68%9.5$2.63

Reagan price study for a DMA population of 1,594,589. Reach = % of the market reached; frequency = average times each person sees the message.

Where we are

Seven markets. Local teams.

Local teams who know every road, every route and every audience in the markets we sell.

AustinTX
ChattanoogaTN
IndianapolisIN
IowaCedar Rapids & statewide
Las VegasNV
RochesterMN
Salt Lake CityUT

Bulletins

The largest format we sell. Built for highways and major roads.

Posters

Saturate a market fast with broad coverage.

JR Posters

Reach neighborhoods close up, at street level.

Digital

Change your message any time, by day part or by season.

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