Content Marketing and SEO in 2023 – Data Reveals Opportunities for Cannabis Businesses February 27, 2023 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments Content marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) are critical parts of any cannabis business’ marketing strategy in 2023. However, many businesses in the cannabis industry aren’t investing enough time and money into content and SEO to gain the long-term, sustainable… Read More→
Petalfast Brings a Disruptive Growth Model to Cannabis Brand Building February 23, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Irvine, California-based Petalfast is a multistate sales and marketing agency for the cannabis industry, sort of. On its website, the company refers to itself as a “full spectrum growth agency, part cannabis launch pad, part cannabis accelerator, a canna-launcherator, if… Read More→
Twitter becomes first major social platform to allow weed ads February 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Mainstream advertising platforms have been reluctant to serve a federally illegal industry, in part due to concerns about existing advertisers not wanting to be positioned next to cannabis ads. Elon Musk is backing up all his 420 tweets. The owner… Read More→
How to Pitch Yourself for a Cannabis Podcast Guest Appearance January 30, 2023 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments Many effective marketing investments aren’t available to businesses in the cannabis industry, so marketers have to get creative when it comes to building brand awareness, jumpstarting word-of-mouth, and generating leads that can turn into sales. Podcast appearances are a great… Read More→
How To Turn Pre-Rolls Into A Brand-Building Catalyst January 16, 2023 Pam Chmiel Manufacturing, Marketing 0 Comments By Pam Chmiel Pre-rolls continue to rank as one of the more popular cannabis products today. Harrison Bard, CEO of Custom Cones USA, claims they are an easy way to expand your product line with many options for branded customization. … Read More→
Google Changes Its CBD Advertising Policies January 12, 2023 Hilary Bricken Marketing 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Cannabis advertising has always been a precarious art. From first amendment commercial speech issues to zealous state marketing and promotion regulations to false claim lawsuits, cannabis advertising can go down some dark rabbit… Read More→
How to Market Your Cannabis Brand to Gen Z December 27, 2022 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments Mid, slay, drip, hits different – if you’re not familiar with these words and phrases and you’re a cannabis marketer, then you need to learn what they mean and how to use them. Why? Because these words are the language… Read More→
Consumers Feeling the Economic Pinch Still Crave Treats and Unique Products December 15, 2022 Mike Luce Marketing, News & Insights 0 Comments Will cannabis consumers get caught up in the disruption caused by inflation and the recession? Those with the expertise and perspective to know, including MJBiz and Harris Bricken, believe cannabis businesses should be ready. In a recent interview, Charlie Bowman,… Read More→
Using Data and Insights to Create Winning Cannabis Markets December 7, 2022 Roy Bingham Marketing, Op-Ed 0 Comments By Roy Bingham With nearly 80% of adults open to consuming cannabis in fully legal states and cannabis regulations loosening across the country, markets are continuing to develop at an ever-increasing rate. However, current legal markets differ greatly in how… Read More→
5 Social Media Marketing Trends Cannabis Companies Should Follow in 2023 November 28, 2022 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments Social media advertising may be next to impossible for cannabis companies today, but there are still many social media marketing opportunities for cannabis brands to exploit. A recent report from Hootsuite, Social Media Trends 2023, provides details about the future… Read More→
Instagram Is the New Neighborhood Pot Dealer November 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Weed sellers find target audience on social media Social media sites like Instagram are popular platforms for advertisers looking to target a massive user base of young people. One unintended consequence for app owner Meta Platforms Inc., though, is that’s… Read More→
Top 5 Questions For Public Relations Experts High On Cannabis November 14, 2022 Pam Chmiel Marketing 0 Comments A public relations (PR) specialist knows how to differentiate a brand in the marketplace and make it stand out. They influence consumers to notice a brand, understand it, be loyal to it, and buy it. They do this through event… Read More→
Brightfield Group Harnesses the Power of Consumer-Centric Data November 7, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Understanding the customer is the professed bedrock of every company with a consumer product to sell, but what do you do when the industry is brand spanking new, many of its consumers are also new, and the ones that are… Read More→
How Cannabis is Conquering NFTs and The Metaverse November 7, 2022 Steven Schain Marketing 0 Comments By Steven Schain Imagine selling a product subject to 38 conflicting sets of labelling and marketing regulations that can neither cross state lines nor be purchased with a credit card. Now envision a global marketplace platform free of “transportation, purchase… Read More→
springbig: From Yogurt and Pizza Digital Punch to Cannabis CRM Platform November 3, 2022 Brian MacIver Ancillary Businesses, Marketing, News & Insights, Science and Technology 0 Comments When cannabis customer relationship management (CRM) software company springbig went public this past June, CEO Jeffrey Harris noted in a press release how the move would help “accelerate our growth strategy as a newly public company.” Accelerating an already rapidly… Read More→