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Today, billboards are one of the most popular and effective advertising mediums<\/strong>. While the rise of new advertising technologies has transformed the advertising market, billboards remain both popular and incredibly effective, due to the fact that they can adapt to new advertising trends with ease.<\/p>\n

I<\/a>n Puerto Rico, there\u2019s an average of six-hundred-and-fourteen automobiles for every one-thousand people<\/a>. That\u2019s a lot of traffic! Moving across highways and roads, drivers are usually looking to pass the time. For this reason, advertisers strategically place billboards where drivers can easily see and take note of them, even if subconsciously.<\/p>\n

Each billboard<\/a>, if designed properly, conveys an engaging and unique message. Each message has the potential to turn the driver, who may not have even heard about that particular company or product, into a customer. Or, at the very least, into someone who is interested in considering what the billboard is offering.<\/p>\n

Outdoor Advertising Trends 2022: How Did We Get Here?<\/h3>\n

If you want to fully understand the outdoor advertising trends 2022 marketers are focusing on, it\u2019s best to take a step back and think about our history with outdoor advertising.<\/p>\n

As an advertising medium, billboards are quite old. In fact, they\u2019ve been around since the late 19th century. As years progress, billboards continue to grow and transform.<\/strong> This allows them to remain both relevant and effective, especially as a source of true guerilla marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In order to make a truly excellent billboard advertisement, it\u2019s important to understand the history of outdoor advertising trends, as well as where outdoor advertising stands today.<\/p>\n

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How Did Billboards Begin?<\/h2>\n

In 1867, the first billboard advertisement was leased.<\/a> As time passed, billboards became more popular, and the advertisements became far more elaborate and unique. With the rise of the automobile, roads and highways were created. On these roads and highways, billboards could be placed on the sides. It was this development that lead to billboard advertising becoming one of the primary advertising mediums of the 20th Century.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you go back to the year 1867, that was when the first billboard advertisement was leased. Just twenty-four-years after that, in 1891, the Associated Bill Posters\u2019 Association was formed<\/a>. This association was designed to expand people\u2019s understanding of the billboard medium and to organize and coordinate efforts that had to do with designing and setting up billboards.<\/p>\n

With the rise of the Associated Bill Posters\u2019 Association, billboards became far more popular. People began to understand the medium and the advertising potential that lay within it.<\/p>\n

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When the first mass-market automobile was released – the Ford Model T – everything changed<\/a>. The Model T became one of the first affordable automobiles. Instead of relying on more archaic forms of transport, people drove automobiles.<\/p>\n

As automobiles became more popular, cities realized a need for efficient networks of roads and highways. This led to the creation of what we know today as roadways.<\/p>\n

Advertisers quickly flocked to empty spaces along these roads and found a true potential for different forms of advertising. Since then, billboards have become an important aspect of the advertising landscape. In fact, they\u2019re one of the more evolving forms of marketing that continues to adapt to newer forms of technology.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts of Historical Outdoor Advertising Trends<\/h3>\n