Posting Companies

Posting Companies are businesses that specialize in installing physical copies of advertising in billboard spaces.

To locate posting companies:

  1. Log into Admin, click the Operations menu, then click the Posting Companies tile.

    2. This presents a filter search window.

  2. Click Search.

    3. The screen will refresh to show the list of Posting Companies available.

  3. If applicable, click the button to add new Posting Companies.

    4. This presents the Add Posting Company window.

    You can add as many Posting Companies as you want. However, make sure that the Code for each Posting Company is unique.

  4. Click Save changes.

You can add a physical address for the business company that provides the service.

To add an address to a vendor:

  1. In the Posting Company record, click the Addresses tab on the left.

    2. This presents the Addresses screen.

  2. Click the button to add an address.

    3. This presents the Add Address dialogue box.

    Mandatory information for an office address are:

    • Type
      • Headquarters
      • Mail
      • Payment
      • Remit
    • Address 1 – Enter the civic address.
    • Town/City – Enter the municipality.
    • Postal Code – Enter the district information.
    • Country – Enter the nation state.

    Additional information to a Plant are:

    • Address 2 – Additional address information.
    • District – Enter the District information.
    • State – Select a state according to the Country selected.
    • Latitude and Longitude coordinates.
  3. Click Save changes.

The contact is the individual within the business that you talk to.

Contacts may be created throughout the system and linked to the following entities:

  • Campaigns
  • Plants
  • Posting Companies
  • Sites
  • Vendors

To link a contact to a Posting Company:

  1. In the Posting Company record, click the Contacts tab on the left.

    2. This presents the Contacts screen.

  2. Click the button to link a contact to this Posting Company.

    3. This presents a filter search screen for available contacts.

    Note: Make sure that the contact has a valid email address.

  3. Choose the contact to link by selecting the check box next to it, then click the Link button.

  4. Click the button to edit the Contact Type, and select the type of contact required. For example, it could be Primary or Payment.
  5. Click Save changes.

Attributes are additional customer specific labels that you can assign to the Posting Company. For example, portrait or landscape may be configured as attributes. Demographic breakdowns may be another attribute. Attributes can then be used as filters, restrictions or sorts.

To add an attribute to a Posting Company:

  1. In the Posting Company record, click the Attributes tab on the left.

    2. This presents the Attributes screen.

  2. Click the button to add an Attribute to this Vendor.

    3. This presents the Add Attribute dialogue box.

  3. Select an Attribute to add to the Vendor.
  4. Enter a Value for your attribute.
  5. Enter a Start Date and, optionally, an End Date.
  6. Click Save changes.

The Costs reflect the cost of the labor involved in posting the design, when a contractor takes care of putting it up and/or removing it, as per the Media Type.

To add a cost to a Posting Company:

  1. In the Posting Company record, click the Costs tab on the left.

    2. This presents the Costs screen.

  2. Click the button to add an Attribute to this Posting Company.

    3. This presents the Add Cost dialogue box.

  3. Select a Media Type for your attribute.
  4. Enter a Cost for your attribute.
  5. Click Save changes.

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