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The Growing Importance of Branding for Cannabis Businesses

The Growing Importance of Branding for Cannabis Businesses

The cannabis industry is growing and a recent report by Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics projects that the U.S. cannabis spending will jump to more than $40 billion by 2024. That means in just five years, marijuana sales will quadruple.

Research Finds Marijuana Advertising Prevalent in Oregon - But It's Still Not Easy

Research Finds Marijuana Advertising Prevalent in Oregon - But It's Still Not Easy

While more than half of Americans can access either medical or recreational marijuana (or both) in their home states, that doesn’t mean it’s easy for marijuana companies to spread the word about their products and services.

How to Leverage Online Influencers for Cannabis Business Marketing

How to Leverage Online Influencers for Cannabis Business Marketing

An excellent way to build your cannabis business’ brand reputation, grow your audience, and turn members of your target market into buying customers is to connect with online influencers –

What Works in Email Marketing to Cannabis License Holders? We Analyzed 332,000 Messages to Find Out

What Works in Email Marketing to Cannabis License Holders? We Analyzed 332,000 Messages to Find Out

The Cannabiz Media team analyzed data from over 332,000 emails sent by its clients through the Cannabiz Media License Database between January 1 and March 1, 2019 to learn what’s working in email marketing to cannabis license holders.

Marketing Challenges in the Marijuana Industry

Marketing Challenges in the Marijuana Industry

For businesses in the marijuana industry, the list of marketing challenges that have to be overcome in order to raise awareness, recognition, sales, and loyalty for brands and products is very long. As part of a highly regulated industry, ...

Beware of Fake Marijuana Business Email Lists – The Danger is Bigger than Wasting Money

Beware of Fake Marijuana Business Email Lists – The Danger is Bigger than Wasting Money

Selling fake email address lists isn’t a new thing. Scammers have been doing it for years – even in the marijuana industry – and have made a lot of money from it. At the same time, countless businesses have lost a lot of time and money ...

Marijuana License Holders Email Engagement – Who Is Most Responsive?

Marijuana License Holders Email Engagement – Who Is Most Responsive?

If you’re marketing your products or services to marijuana license holders, then the data in this article about email engagement will help you make strategic decisions that can maximize your email marketing ROI.

Should California Marijuana Businesses Apply for State Trademarks?

Should California Marijuana Businesses Apply for State Trademarks?

Did you know that intangible assets (which include intellectual property – like trademarks) represent 84% of the S&P 500’s value? While there isn’t a space for specific intangible assets like trademarks on a company’s balance sheet, their value should not be ignored.

5-Part Trademark Strategy that Increases the Value of a Marijuana License

5-Part Trademark Strategy that Increases the Value of a Marijuana License

In business, a trademark is a valuable asset. It helps a company protect the time and money it invests over the years building a recognizable brand in the marketplace, and it ensures that no one else can trade on that value.

Smart Entrepreneurs are Shifting Mainstream Solutions to the Marijuana Industry

Smart Entrepreneurs are Shifting Mainstream Solutions to the Marijuana Industry

Despite what many entrepreneurs might think, the marijuana industry isn’t a gold rush waiting for just anyone to jump in and strike it rich. On the contrary, this is a challenging industry that only the most patient entrepreneurs can thrive in.

Best Day and Time to Send Email Marketing Messages to Marijuana License Holders

Best Day and Time to Send Email Marketing Messages to Marijuana License Holders

This week, Cannabiz Media dove deep into the Cannabiz Media License Database CRM tool in an effort to extrapolate the best day of the week and time of day to send email marketing messages to marijuana license holders based on sends from within the Cannabiz system.

Patents and Pot

Patents and Pot

Abstract: Patent law is possibly the most talked about yet least understood form of intellectual property but has yet to have a large impact on the marijuana industry. However, there is no doubt that the powerful protections patent ...

Marijuana Advertising Rules Challenge California Businesses

Marijuana Advertising Rules Challenge California Businesses

Since recreational marijuana became available for purchase in California in January 2018, the number of licensed marijuana businesses in the state has exploded giving more people access to marijuana products than ever before.

5 Email Marketing Messages Marijuana Retailers Should Be Sending

5 Email Marketing Messages Marijuana Retailers Should Be Sending

For marijuana retailers, email marketing is essential. By building your list of email subscribers (and using a tool that allows you to send marijuana-related content to them), you can increase sales and customer loyalty among audiences who want to hear from you.

10 Reasons Your Email Marketing Messages Don’t Get to Your Recipients

10 Reasons Your Email Marketing Messages Don’t Get to Your Recipients

As a marijuana-related business, email marketing can be challenging because most email marketing application providers don’t allow users to send messages related in any way to marijuana. Fortunately, Cannabiz Media solved that problem by ...

The Trouble with Email Marketing for Marijuana Businesses

The Trouble with Email Marketing for Marijuana Businesses

Given the many restrictions that marijuana and marijuana-related businesses face when trying to promote their brands, products, and services, it would seem that email marketing is a great option for these businesses. Every state’s laws are different, ...

The Surprising Role of Gifts in the Marijuana Economy

The Surprising Role of Gifts in the Marijuana Economy

Marijuana entrepreneurs are an innovative group, and when faced with barriers to get their products to consumers, they can get very creative. One of these creative strategies is marijuana gifting.

5 Proven Marijuana Marketing and Advertising Ideas that Work

5 Proven Marijuana Marketing and Advertising Ideas that Work

Since marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, marijuana companies face a long list of marketing challenges that businesses in other industries don’t have to think about. The good news is that these advertising obstacles aren’t insurmountable.

Why Comprehensive Trademark Searches Matter to Marijuana Businesses

Why Comprehensive Trademark Searches Matter to Marijuana Businesses

The value of a marijuana license increases significantly if the business using the license has invested in building a scalable brand. That means the business must have a brand that can be protected and exploited based on trademark laws.

Marijuana Advertising Rules: Challenging but Not Insurmountable

Marijuana Advertising Rules: Challenging but Not Insurmountable

Marijuana-related businesses have a problem. It’s extremely challenging to market and advertise their products and services because marijuana is still considered a Schedule 1 drug. In other words, advertising products and services ...