Out of home advertising:
explained

What is out-of-home?

Often referred to as "outdoor advertising" or simply "OOH", out of home advertising is the collective term for any adverts found outside the home. Billboards, bus shelter posters and screens at the mall all fall into this category.

OOH’s upward trajectory is stronger than ever following a challenging period of popularity during 2020, when the public were under stay-at-home orders.

With digital innovations in the sector providing new formats, intelligent targeting and more agility, OOH is now an integral part of any future-facing marketing strategy.But before you can implement it effectively, you have to understand how OOH works and what it can offer.

Different types of OOH

There are four main categories within traditional Out of Home:

  • Adshel - the classic framed advertising poster
  • Play Adshel - classic digital screens
  • Billboards - extra-large formats that deliver high impact
  • City bikes - advertising on city bikes in the largest cities in Norway

Take creativity to the next level

There are endless opportunities to create campaigns that capture attention. Creative advertising delivers high impact and strengthens your campaign.

Research shows that consumers are more likely to notice tailored, creative executions. That’s why we encourage our clients to think creatively – together with us.

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How Out of Home advertising works

Out of Home advertising works by placing a brand’s ads in front of potential customers while they are going to work, running errands and generally going about their everyday life.

The locations and environments in which these ads are shown are selected based on unique campaign goals and audience criteria.

Consumers are desensitised to online advertising and TV/radio ads, due to the frequency at which exposure occurs.

OOH, on the other hand, puts brands in front of people in situations where they are not constantly being bombarded by other ads, making it easier for the creative to cut through.

Through the strategic placement of an eye-catching creative with focused messaging, OOH allows advertisers to fulfill their goals – whether that means reaching a new audience or reinforcing the messaging of a wider campaign.

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OOH advertising can be successfully incorporated into marketing activity at all levels, from full-scale national brand campaigns to local lead-gen efforts. The benefits are so much more than just brand awareness, including:

1. High volume impressions

The considered placement of OOH screens and billboards targets high-traffic areas specifically. Depending on the exact location and how much inventory is used, there is the potential to get your brand in front of millions of eyes.

2. Drive online activity

The space between online and offline media is getting smaller, with OOH playing a key role in pulling the two together. OOH advertising boosts online engagement more than any other form of offline media, acting as the cornerstone of an omnichannel marketing strategy.

3. Flexibility

With an abundance of formats and locations to choose from, programmatic buying options and the ability to schedule and contextualise content, DOOH provides marketers with the flexibility to build a highly targeted campaign that can be adapted as performance data builds. Pretty impressive for a medium that, not so long ago, was considered impossible to track.

4. Collective influence

Influence is heightened when working with a large network of inventory. Creative use of inventory items across an area means greater success in activating customers as opposed to tiring them out

5. Cheap and effective

OOH is one of the cheapest forms of advertising with an average ROI of 180% compared to 143% for print ads. This is why so many advertisers turn to OOH – not just to run new campaigns, but also to amplify existing marketing efforts.

6. Stand out

Most marketing might now take place online but between ad blockers and ad-heavy web pages, it’s getting harder to stand out. OOH allows for creative innovation and evades online saturation to deliver tangible results.

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