Our Company

In the business to Help Yours

Headquartered outside of Chicago in Ottawa, IL, our story began in 1999 with a simple yet effective approach to marketing… Understand your business and your buyers so we can engage the RIGHT lead on the RIGHT channel with the RIGHT message.

The sales and marketing world is evolving at a rapid pace and there is a maddening amount of new marketing tactics and channels at our fingertips. But with a limited amount of time and resources, you can’t be everywhere and you can’t be everything to everybody.

Our results-driven, customer-centric approach to marketing focuses on the person that holds the power to buy from you… your customer. By truly understanding their needs, goals and actions, it allows us to market much more efficiently and effectively.

And don’t worry, our team will keep one eye on the ever-changing marketing landscape by researching and testing the new technologies, tactics and channels so you don’t have to! If you are deciding between hiring an in-house marketing person or a marketing agency, read this blog post.

our history

our crew of experts

This core group of lovable goofballs roll out of bed thinking about how to help their clients. With 150+ years of combined marketing experience on-site and a brigade of virtual assistants, there isn’t much they haven’t seen or done.


When it comes to your marketing, do you hire one soldier and hope their ability to strategically execute will drive sales OR hire a Crew of Experts whose comprehensive marketing expertise will serve as a guide to increased sales & sustainable growth?

Chris Penhale

Partner | Marketing Strategist

Erik Connelly

Partner | production & marketing

Jeff Miller

Partner | CFO & Operations

Melanie Kail

creative director | photographer

josh kaufman

content | project management

terri hanson

customer service | procurement

Kimberly Pike

accounting | hr

josh england

web | digital marketing

mark roskowske

web | seo
skills & capabilities
Whether you are hiring Adventure for the execution of one project or partnering with us to implement a cohesive marketing program, our crew of digital & traditional production experts has a bevy of proficiencies and tools at its disposal.
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