Who is Hollingsworth Outdoor Buying Service?

 Hollingsworth Outdoor Buying Service is a company specializing in “Personal Attention.”   With this as our goal you will save valuable time when it comes to buying and placing Out Of Home Media Buys, i.e. Billboards that come in any shape, form or design:  Wallboards, Digital Billboards, Mobile Billboards & Standard Billboards (Bulletins, 30 Sheet Posters, & Tri-Visions).

You as the Client will work with one person, Al Hollingsworth, Owner & President.  With Al as your Outdoor Representative, you will receive the personal attention to detail when it comes to the lowest competitive rates, as well as a veteran of 37 years in the Outdoor Advertising business that will customize all of your Outdoor Advertising needs whether it is in New York City or Los Angeles and   every Outdoor Market in between!

HISTORY & EXPERIENCE

When it comes to experience and education, Al Hollingsworth has an Associates Degree in Sales & Marketing from Columbus State Community College as well as a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.   After returning from a tour of duty in Vietnam in the United States Marine Corps in 1970, he used the GI Bill for his college education and while in school he had the “Good Fortune” to be hired by Tom Kaplan who owned Columbus Outdoor Advertising of Ohio.  This all came about in the 1^st semester of his freshman year when he was asked to do a report on “The Out Of Home Industry.”   Little did Al know that when he asked Mr. Kaplan for his assistance in this report for his Sales Promotion class that this would begin his 37 yr. career in Outdoor Advertising.  When he came back to personally thank Mr. Kaplan for his assistance in getting an “A” in that class as well as a full scholarship to Columbus State from the Insurance Board of Ohio, that he would be offered a job with Columbus Outdoor Advertising.   After accepting the job, his new boss, Tom Kaplan, JR.  sat him down and explained how his family got into the Outdoor Advertising business.  He told Al that his father, Tom Kaplan, SR. was one of the original owners of GOA (General Outdoor Advertising) which later sold to Foster & Kleiser (today some of F&K are part of Clear Channel) and then his father formed Columbus Outdoor Advertising.  With a history of the business being explained, he was now ready to get to work & find out more!  His job started out as a Lease Man, securing Billboard leases throughout Central & Southern Ohio.  Next a promotion to Chart Manager where he put together the placement of all Outdoor Buys, then on to Local & National Sales Manager.  He remained at Columbus Outdoor Advertising until 1980.  He was then hired as a consultant for MMI of Chicago to setup an Out-Of-Home Dept. for the new agency.  After the completion of this project he was hired by a client of MMI, Richard Driehaus, the owner of American Bus Shelter, to evaluate his fledgling bus shelter business in Orange & Los Angeles counties in California.   In the mean time, Columbus Outdoor Advertising was sold to Donrey Media Group and their new GM made him an offer that he could not refuse.    Working for Donrey Media Group as their Local and National Sales Manager, enabled him to go “Full Circle” with all that he had learned over the years since the beginning of his career in 1971.  In January of 1985, Al decided that it was time to put all of his experience to work and form his own company.   His new company consisted of Billboards, a Full Service Sign Company that specialized in local Event Planning in the Columbus Metro Area, an Outdoor Buying Service and then a partnership with a local Racetrack where Billboards were constructed that surround the back straight-a-way of the track, On-Track Advertising.

HOLLINGSWORTH OUTDOOR BUYING SERVICE AND AL’S PROMISE TO YOU

 Al still owns Billboards throughout Ohio and his Outdoor Buying Service has been expanding over the years as well.  He is now taking his Buying Service nationally & being familiar with all of the top markets in the US, even the small plant owners & operators; he knows that he can provide any customer with a Billboard agenda, the BEST in Outdoor Buys.

 Al’s promise to all of his clients is putting the Advertiser/Client first & giving them confidence that they will get the best service possible so their experience with Hollingsworth Outdoor Buying Service is POSITIVE  and that they will develop a long business relationship based on Honesty  and Fortitude that is so hard to find in the world today .