GREAT Outdoor Advertising & Chris morren pr

highway 401, west of martingrove

10' x 20', floodlit, double sided

$ 9,500/month x 6 months (east face)

$ 7,500/month x 6 months (west face)

Shorter or longer terms available

HST/printing/installation extra

335,000 viewers/day (one direction)

1/3 (approx.) the price of a 401 digital billboard, AND this is visible 24/7, not for 6 seconds every minute, or whatever it is. Current advertiser is Nav Bhatia Hyundai

Available December 1, 2024

HIGHWAY 400, NORTH OF SHEPPARD (EAST SIDE)

12' x 25' floodlit, double sided

$ 6,500/month x 6 months (north side, facing southbound traffic)

$ 8,500/month x 6 months (south side)

HST/printing/installation extra

Shorter or longer terms possible

Available now

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY, JUST EAST OF ISLINGTON

'FLAGSHIP LOCATION'

10' x 20', floodlit, double sided

$ 8,000/month x 6 months (east or west face); shorter or longer terms available

HST/printing/installation extra

Available now

MY CAREER

My name is Chris Morren (b.1961) and I am the founder, owner and operator of Great Outdoor Advertising and Chris Morren PR, which is a sole proprietorship registered with the Province of Ontario. This is the second incarnation of GOA which began on February 1, 2022 with the rental of two (2) 10' x 20' floodlit billboards in Long Branch, shown at top. The first incarnation of GOA was started by yours truly in June of 1994, renting very large, third party, mural (hand painted) billboards in T.O. I sold GOA to Omni Outdoor in 2000, which ended up being bought by Astral Media, now owned by Bell Media. Also, I am well versed in municipal and Ministry of Transport 400-series highways sign by-laws.

behind the scenes

I have been in the in the sign, billboard, promotional product and PR industries since 1987, having worked for the Jim Pattison Sign Group, Steel Art Signs, Standard Broadcasting, OMG (Olifas Marketing Group, not Oh My God !) Media, Metroland (Toronto Star) Media, and of course, me, myself and I. Here, my son Adam came behind the scenes at my Long Branch billboard location.

Chris morren pr 

If I can get publicity for myself and my billboard company on a shoestring budget, imagine what I can do for you. See @chrismorrenpr on Instagram for more examples of marketing ideas I created and publicity I received. If you are up for getting your name out there, I am down for pretty much anything ! 

 MARKETING STRATEGY : BRAG ABOUT YOUR BIGGEST OBJECTION

You can see this strategy at work in this ad for Buckley's Cough Syrup. This is one way of overcoming the objection before it's too late. Another example : If you were a real estate agent selling a home beside a railway track, the best time to show it is when the train is scheduled to come by. Chances are the train isn't as loud as people think. And, it establishes trust !

reliable

It's much easier to keep a customer than find a new one, so I strive to make sure customers are happy. Thank you to Minto for this shout out ! 

if i can get publicity for me, i can get it for you

The photo at right is from the 2025 RBC Canadian Open golf tournament. To see the 17 second video, see my @chrismorrenpr Instagram post June 17, 2025

NEED PUBLICITY ?

Want media exposure ? Take 'em a dozen Krispy Kremes (and hats, of course) ! I took a dozen donuts to David Corey and Marilyn Denis of CHUM FM's The Marilyn Denis Show and CTV's show of the same name, to promote the new Krispy Kreme factory location in the old Beer Store on Lakeshore Blvd. W. in Mimico (where Brendan Shanahan, president of the Toronto Maple Leafs grew up). The old roller racks for bringing back your empties have been carefully restored and they even put a little beer in every donut - JK :) The plan was for Marilyn and other DJ's on CHUM FM to mention this location on-air to build awareness. I only got paid in donuts but I didn't mind because they were Krispy Kremes !