5 B2B Content Marketing Trends for 2022 Your Cannabis Brand Should Know December 27, 2021 Susan Gunelius Marketing 1 Comment Content is the foundation of all marketing today, and that trend will continue in 2022 based on the results in the recent 12th Annual B2B Content Marketing: Insights for 2022 report from the Content Marketing Institute. In other words, if… Read More→
Lessons in Cannabis Sales & Distribution from 20 Years in the Game, Part 2 December 13, 2021 Jared Kesselman Best Practices, Marketing 0 Comments Jared Kesselman is a Los Angeles native who has earned his living professionally in the cannabis industry since 2000. In 2021, he wrote the critically acclaimed book “The Business of Cannabis: A Blueprint to a High Income.” He has been… Read More→
Curaleaf Signs Agreement With Largest Distributor Of Beverage Alcohol, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, To Line Up Its Product Portfolio December 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Curaleaf Holdings Inc. signed an agreement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits – the world’s largest distributor of beverage alcohol. Curaleaf Holdings Inc. is a leading international provider of consumer CBD and hemp products. The agreement is expected to line… Read More→
Even Big Brands Need a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy December 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments The attitude toward direct-to-consumer (DTC) initiatives has changed almost overnight. Large consumer brands used to worry that such initiatives would create channel conflict and cannibalize the business—not to mention displease retail partners. Now they realize that the DTC approach allows… Read More→
Top 5 Communications Strategies According to Publicity Experts November 29, 2021 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments Every cannabis and cannabis-related brand needs publicity to spread the word, boost awareness, and motivate people to buy its products and services. The challenge for businesses working in and with the cannabis industry is determining how to invest their time… Read More→
Tips for Beginning a Speaking Career in the Cannabinoid Industry from the Perspective of a Cannabinoid Event Producer October 26, 2021 Celeste Miranda Best Practices, Marketing 0 Comments What’s the formula for building a sustainable career as a speaker in the fast-growing cannabinoid industry? After putting on 24 successful conferences (CBD Expo, Extraction Expo, and more) I’ve seen the good, the bad, the successful, and the struggling speakers.… Read More→
Plop-Plop, Fiz-Fiz Oh What a Relief It Is, MJBizCon is Back! October 21, 2021 Rob Meagher Marketing, News & Insights 0 Comments In my 40 years of collecting a paycheck, I gotta admit this has been the oddest business trip I have ever embarked on, beginning with the packed Spirit Airline flight from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to the check-in at the Westgate… Read More→
5 Wellness Opportunities for Cannabis Businesses October 18, 2021 Susan Gunelius Marketing, News & Insights 0 Comments A new research report from New Frontier Data, Cannabis and Wellness, a New Consumer Paradigm, challenges the existing framework of the cannabis market and expands it from a two-segment medical and adult-use (recreational) market to a three-segment market. In keeping… Read More→
Newsom vetoes bill that would have allowed cannabis advertising on freeway billboards October 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Friday that would have allowed cannabis products to be advertised on freeway billboards in most of California, a bill that sought to negate a court order in November that had banned the signs. The bill… Read More→
Players In the Prairie State September 30, 2021 Mike Luce Marketing, News & Insights 0 Comments The Illinois cannabis market is booming. Adult-use sales alone have exceeded $100M for six months running, and no doubt September will follow as both July and August topped $120M in sales. The state will eventually fix the many problems snarling… Read More→
Data Shows Where the Real Cannabis Opportunities are in the United States September 20, 2021 Susan Gunelius Cannabis Investments, Marketing 1 Comment The cannabis industry is filled with business opportunities across the United States, but identifying the best areas to focus your time and investments can be challenging. With the data in New Frontier Data’s The Global Cannabis Report – Growth and… Read More→
Latest Gallup Poll Shows Remarkably Consistent Cannabis Use by Americans in Recent Years September 1, 2021 Tom Hymes Marketing 0 Comments The results of Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits poll, conducted July 6-21, were released last month with the accompanying headline, “Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Have Tried Marijuana.” The analytics company further explained in its opening paragraph, “The percentage of U.S.… Read More→
5 Ways Marketing Changed with COVID-19 that Affect Cannabis Businesses August 23, 2021 Susan Gunelius Marketing 0 Comments A new study from Salesforce reveals what’s next for marketing in a post-pandemic world, and a big piece of the puzzle is digital. Driven by changing consumer behaviors, marketers will need to invest more of their budgets into a diverse… Read More→
Marketing Experts Reveal the [Secret] To Trade Show Success: Find Out What to do Before, During, and After the Event August 16, 2021 Michele Ringelberg Marketing 0 Comments TRADE SHOWS! - You LOVE them, you HATE them! Let’s be real - marketers LOVE them because where else can you build your list in a matter of two days and have great conversations, and network with your audience. You… Read More→
State of SEO, Email and Content Marketing in 2021 July 19, 2021 Susan Gunelius Marketing, News & Insights 0 Comments What’s hot in SEO, email, and content marketing in 2021? Where are companies investing their marketing budgets? HubSpot surveyed 1,500 marketers and released the insights in its State of Marketing 2021 report. The good news for the cannabis industry is… Read More→