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The scoop on satellite Earthship office

By John on October 10, 2010 | Category: News | Tags: adbongo, branding, business consulting firms, business development advisor, business development manager, business development services, business incubator, cause marketing, consultants, csr, dallas, entreprenuers, executive firms, green advertising agency, green builders, guatemala, john bush, michael reynolds, organic business development, sustainable business development, texas | No Comments

At the beginning of October, Adbongo’s John Bush tripped down south to tropical storm beleaguered Central America to finalize office plans with celebrity architect and earthship inventor, Michael Reynolds. Read more …

Cause Business Incubation

Last week, the Adbongo collective of consultants met to refine our communication of what it is that we do. Adbongo’s been in business for years now, but our mission has evolved over time. So what is it we’re up to these days?

drum roll please…

Bill Ford, Business Navigator

By John on September 14, 2010 | Category: Advisory Board,Blog,News | Tags: adbongo, adbongo inc, aiga, american airlines, austin, bill ford, bona fide blues, brand positioning, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, business development services, business development strategy, business navigator, cause business accelerator, cause marketing, Clean Economic Development resulting in Zero Waste, commercial art, communication design, company, competitive marketing strategy, consultants, consulting, container store, creative director, dallas, dallas society of visual communications, easter new mexico state, entrepreneurial eco-systems, flexible on demand teams, graphic design, green business, hilton hotels, knowledge, north texas, organic business development, Premium Brand Design Business with heart, professional, professor, resource recovery parks, smu, sustainable development, Sustainable Marketing Plan, teacher, veteran owned, website, zero waste | 1 Comment

Adbongo welcomes a long-time star in the graphic design and advertising business, Bill Ford, to the team. We are blessed to have such a talent on our side, and we have nothing but gratitude. Welcome, Bill Ford!

Bill Ford likes to refer to himself as a “Business Navigator” because he specializes in brand positioning and competitive marketing strategy. These elements, he feels, are the main compass points for the road map of success for a company. Ford has a great depth of knowledge in these fields. He has taught at the university level while maintaining his status as a working professional for more than 25 years. Read more …

Announcing Plans to build a net-zero Earthship

By John on August 26, 2010 | Category: Blog,News | Tags: 0 carbon, austin, biotecture, builder, business consulting firms, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, Dallas guerilla marketing, dallas pr, earth homes, earthships, eco building, eco friendly house, executive firm, green builder, green buildings, grow your own food, guatemala, john bush, lake atitlan, leed, michael reynolds, nm, rain catching, rammed earth, retaining wall, sustainability, taos, water | 1 Comment

A few months ago, Adbongo announced plans to build an Earthship satellite office on our secret lair mountaintop property in Central America. Now, we’ve prepped the land, built the retaining wall, planted fruit trees (to add to the banana, coffee, jacote and papaya trees which were already there). It’s time to design and build.

The Rise of Cause Marketing

By John on July 30, 2010 | Category: Blog,Main page slider,News | Tags: adbongo, anti-advertising, austin, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, business development services, business plan consulting, cause marketing, consulting, dallas, dallas advertising, executive firms, love, organic, organic business development, texas | No Comments

Adbongo Inc. is the world’s leading executive firm specializing in cause marketing. While most advertising firms dabble in cause marketing as image-boosting side projects - devoting an average of around ten percent of resources such activities – Adbongo devotes our hearts, minds, spirits and one hundred percent of our resources to our mission of promoting causes that are beneficial to humanity or the planet. We’re not just talking about it; we’re doing it. Read more …

Rocketboosters for your new venture

By John on May 21, 2010 | Category: Main page slider,News | Tags: aamp, business consulting, chief marketing officer, CMO, dallas advertising, dallas business, dallas business consulting, dallas business license, dallas business plan, Dallas guerilla marketing, dallas marketing, dallas marketing plan, dallas pr, dallas social media, dallas start-up, dallas TV commercials, guerrilla marketing, john bushe, small business consultants, small business development program | 2 Comments

Announcing Adbongo, Inc.’s Newest Products and Services

Dallas, Texas – May 20, 2010 – Today Adbongo, Inc.’ s magicians pulled a bionic bunny out of the hat. They announced a new list of products and services which they claim to be the best in the industry.

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) John Bush explained, “Our revised and expanded list of services represents evolution of our company as we’re racing to stay ahead of technology. In the current age of economic roller coasters and technology that morphs daily, flexibility is a key element of a company’s survival and success.” Read more …

Monster PR

By John on May 6, 2010 | Category: Blog,Main page slider,News | Tags: aamp, adbongo, advertising, austin, business consulting firms, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, business development strategy, business plan consulting, cause marketing, dallas, dallas business idea, dallas pr, economy, Events, executive firms, farmers branch, guerilla marketing, marketing, marketing business development, monster pr, monsterlove, organic, organic advertising, organic business consulting, promotion, sara hasslinger, small business development program, specialists, texas | No Comments

Dallas PR gets a monsterous boost

Adbongo, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership With Monster PR

Dallas, Texas, May 5, 2010- Today Adbongo, Inc. joined forces with

Monster Love, an Austin-based endeavor headed by Sara Hasslinger.
Adbongo, Inc. utilizes the whole bag of public relations (PR) tricks,
including press releases and relationships; event planning; and cause
marketing. The relationship with Monster Love “gives Adbongo a
unique way to play with the most creative branch of PR: guerrilla
marketing,” says Adbongo CMO John Bush. Read more …

CMO FOR RENT

By John on April 29, 2010 | Category: Blog,Main page slider,News | Tags: adbongo, austin, business consulting firms, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, business development resume, business development services, business development strategy, business plan consultants, business plan consulting, customer business development, dallas, john bush, marketing business development, organic advertising, small business consultants, small business development program, top consulting firms | 2 Comments

First, what exactly is a CMO? You know what a CEO and a CFO are, and now you can add CMO to your list of chief-based acronyms: Chief Marketing Officer. The CMO is a high level executive who generally reports directly to a company’s CEO. The CMO usually gets paid boat-loads-with an average salary around $300,000- to act as the Grand Orchestrator, coordinating and overseeing everything from sales management, product development, distribution channel management, public relations, marketing communications (including advertising and promotions), pricing, market research, and customer service. Essentially, the CMO makes sure a company’s products are seen, sold, and the customers are satisfied. Read more …

Last Minute Filing Tips: Don’t miss the deadline

By John on April 14, 2010 | Category: Main page slider,News | Tags: accounting, adbongo, advertising, consulting, dallas, executive firms, help, marketing, nalani jefferson, organic business development, pr, tax breaks, taxes | No Comments

If you have a balance due and don’t file a tax return by April 15, you face interest on the unpaid taxes as well as a failure-to-file penalty. Interest and penalties are added to your balance due. If you can’t file by the deadline, request an extension of time to file (see below).

If you file on time or request an extension but don’t pay all or some of the balance due by the deadline, you will incur interest on the unpaid amount and a failure-to-pay penalty. If you can’t pay the full amount, you should pay as much as possible by the deadline to minimize interest and penalties. Read more …

Adbongo, Inc. expands to Dallas

By John on March 17, 2010 | Category: Main page slider,News | Tags: 75234, aamp, adbongo, advertising, anti-advertising, austin, business consulting firms, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, business development resume, business development services, business development strategy, business plan consulting, cause business accelerator, cause marketing, csr, dallas, dallas advertising, dallas pr, economic development, economy, farmers branch, green business, john bush, organic business consulting, organic business development, sustainabillity, texas | No Comments

March 17, 2010, Dallas, Texas – Business development firm Adbongo, Inc. announces a new home for its headquarters. Its base of operations has been located in Austin, Texas since the company’s inception in 2006 but in response to the geographic demand for its services, Adbongo, Inc. has opened an office in Dallas.

Mr. Bush explains the expanision by saying, “Austin is a beautiful city full of artists. I love it. However, as we’ve expanded from a narrow focus on creative arts such as graphic design to full-fledged business development services, I knew it was time to get moving in my hometown. Adbongo’s mission is to accelerate and grow business ideas which will benefit humanity. Dallas is a place that is serious about growing business, so it’s the place for us right now.” Read more …