{"id":12923,"date":"2019-08-07T13:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/?p=12923"},"modified":"2019-08-07T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:03:11","slug":"does-going-digital-really-allow-a-billboard-to-cost-only-1-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/2019\/08\/07\/does-going-digital-really-allow-a-billboard-to-cost-only-1-00\/","title":{"rendered":"Does going digital really allow a billboard to cost only $1.00?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the rapid advancement in <\/strong>technology<strong> there has to be some good coming\u00a0 &#8230;&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong> out of it doesn\u2019t there? Only a few years back we would never have dreamt we could video call the other side of the world completely for free while we were out doing our grocery shopping and now it seems that extremely large digital billboards are being sold at $1.00 each, so go figure that one out?!<\/p>\n<p>For those of us with a passion for minimizing our carbon footprint on the environment then you will be all in favour of \u2018going digital\u2019 &#8211;\u00a0 less inks, less off-cuts and less discarded materials.\u00a0 \u00a0But for those of us that type with 2 fingers this may be a little less appealing!<\/p>\n<p>One of the benefits of the \u2018digital revolution\u2019 is the \u2018unbundling\u2019 that is now possible. \u00a0No longer do you need to buy an advertisement in a newspaper that is read by everyone in the circulation area. Google AdWords (Google Ads) allows you to buy that advertisement and only show it to HALF the people in the circulation area! \u00a0&#8211; we could never have anticipated this option previously.<\/p>\n<p>What about billboards? Previously it would have been a little harder to imagine a quarter of the printed skin being installed for each of the 4 different advertisers and it certainly would have been near impossible to visualize changing it every 5 minutes for each advertiser!<\/p>\n<p>Well going \u2018digital\u2019 has really has opened up a multiple of opportunities, including the ability to put 5-10 or more advertisers on one billboard scrolling through each one in a slide show format.<\/p>\n<p>So, do you think that this means the end of what could be is possible? Sorry, think again &#8211; \u00a0Why stop at 5-10 advertisers? \u00a0\u00a0If you\u2019ve got 450 eight second slides in an hour, why restrict to a limit of requiring 5-10 advertisers rotating their adverts?\u00a0 \u00a0Digital Billboard Advertising (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.DBA.kiwi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.DBA.kiwi<\/a>) has recently adopted a unique digital approach of selling to a completely fluid environment, made possible from recognizing that the viewer is operating on a purely digital foundation. They sell every single slide or slot as one single sale, just like Google Ads sell their adverts for 1c\/click.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the national television news could purchase the advert slide on the billboard immediately prior to the time they air.\u00a0 The advert could say something like \u201cTV1 News live stream at 6pm via App\u201d, or, \u201cDon\u2019t miss TV 1 News at 6pm\u201d .\u00a0 The single advert may only cost the <em>Campaign <\/em>price of $5.00! The regular \u201c<em>Set &amp; <\/em>Forget\u201d pricing of premium billboard space is only $1.00\/ea.<\/p>\n<p>And like mainstream websites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Stuff.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Stuff.co.nz<\/a> that sell their advert space on their websites to the highest bidder at the last minute, it appears digital billboards are also going that way too.\u00a0 With RTB (Real Time Bidding) meaning when you book Google Ads your advert could also appear on Stuff, TradeMe or an extremely large digital billboard in the middle of a town somewhere from the click of a mouse and for well under $100.00.<\/p>\n<p>Going \u2018digital\u2019 is certainly going to open up a multitude of new possibilities in the sign and display industry!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the rapid advancement in technology there has to be some good coming\u00a0 &#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 out of it doesn\u2019t there? 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