What makes a great outdoor ad?

Outdoor advertising can be used to reach a broad audience very quickly, but it can also be used very successfully to communicate with tightly targeted audiences, in specific locations.

What makes a great outdoor ad?

A MEDIUM WHERE SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE

Outdoor is a catch-all term used to refer to all media seen outside the home. As such, it's a very diverse sector, which includes: street furniture, retail, transport, ambient, and roadside.

Outdoor is a low attention medium with generally limited exposure time. So, in most cases, outdoor ads have to communicate fast — though, given the relatively low cost, there is the potential for repetition to create a cumulative effect over time. Generally, ads with a clear and single-minded message perform well, but the message doesn't...

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