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The Cannabis Economy in America’s Heartland Sees Continued Expansion in 2018

The Cannabis Economy in America’s Heartland Sees Continued Expansion in 2018

Last month, Oklahoma became the 31st state to legalize medical marijuana, with over 56% voting in favor of State Question 788. The Sooner State’s voters were the first to approve a cannabis proposal this year, and they have voted to create ...

Join the Cannabiz Media Team in Toronto

Join the Cannabiz Media Team in Toronto

The Cannabiz Media Team is heading to Toronto in August! The Cannabiz Media License Database tracks marijuana license holders across the United States and Canada, and we’re looking forward to showing members of Canada’s cannabis industry how it works!

Top 5 Cannabis Investing Networking Opportunities at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference

Top 5 Cannabis Investing Networking Opportunities at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference

With Canada set to legalize cannabis in October, investors are looking at which players in the cannabis space can go the distance and generate huge returns. There’s no better way to evaluate an investment opportunity than to check it out for yourself, ...

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.

Join Cannabiz Media at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

Join Cannabiz Media at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

Cannabis Media will be at Booth #527 at the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Cannabis Business Summit & Expoin San Jose, California on July 25-27, and we hope to see you there! The Cannabiz Media team will be demonstrating ...

Big Businesses Force Small Businesses out of the Marijuana Market

Big Businesses Force Small Businesses out of the Marijuana Market

Signs of big businesses taking over the marijuana industry have been visible for quite a while with oligopoly conditions developing in states like Florida and Texas as early as mid-2017. Given the fact that the marijuana market is expected to grow ...

2018 Marijuana Industry Trends and Predictions Mid-Year Check-in

2018 Marijuana Industry Trends and Predictions Mid-Year Check-in

During the November 2017 MJBizCon event in Las Vegas, Marijuana Business Daily’s Chris Walsh delivered an insightful presentation packed full of predictions and trends that he believed looked very promising for both marijuana legalization ...

The Growth of Marijuana Licenses in California: Q1-Q2 2018

The Growth of Marijuana Licenses in California: Q1-Q2 2018

The number of temporary marijuana licenses issued in California is still growing, but as Cannabiz Media continues to track the numbers from the Cannabiz Media Licenses Database, we’re seeing some changes happening.

5 Speakers Investors Can’t Afford to Miss at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference

5 Speakers Investors Can’t Afford to Miss at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference

Investors, advisors, and portfolio managers have good reason to be interested in the cannabis space. Billions of dollars of capital is flowing into cannabis businesses, and now that Canada is set to legalize the drug for adult recreational use, ...

Investors Seek Creative Ways to Get in the Marijuana Industry

Investors Seek Creative Ways to Get in the Marijuana Industry

The medical marijuana market is expected to grow to $29 billion by 2019, but the real money is in picks and shovels. Just like the California Gold Rush, when it wasn’t the people digging for gold who got rich but rather the businesses who ...

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.

Women in the Marijuana Industry at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

Women in the Marijuana Industry at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

One of the things the Cannabiz Media team is looking forward to at the upcoming National Cannabis Industry Association’s 5th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo (aside from seeing you when you visit the Cannabiz Media team at Booth #127 of course) ...

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 ...

Intersection of Policy and Technology in the Marijuana Industry – What’s Next?

Intersection of Policy and Technology in the Marijuana Industry – What’s Next?

The world is dependent on technology, which means tech plays a critical role in every industry. That includes the marijuana industry, but policy changes are still the norm in this industry. What happens when policy and technology intersect in the marijuana industry today?

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight: Baker Technologies

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight: Baker Technologies

Baker is the leading CRM for the cannabis industry, servicing more than 1,000 dispensaries across the US and Canada. Baker helps dispensaries generate more revenue and build relationships with their customers through a variety of products featuring ...

North Dakota Marijuana Licenses to Date - Here's What You Need to Know

North Dakota Marijuana Licenses to Date - Here's What You Need to Know

In early 2017, North Dakota Governor Doug Burnum signed the revised North Dakota Compassionate Care Act into law. The act, which was originally voter-initiated, directs the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) to establish a medical marijuana program.

Do More with the Cannabis Market Intelligence Platform Using the Newest Features

Do More with the Cannabis Market Intelligence Platform Using the Newest Features

Now, you can do more than ever with the Cannabis Market Intelligence Platform using the new features that were just launched. Managing contacts and your relationships and communications with them just got easier!

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.

4 Reasons Transparency is Essential in the Marijuana Industry

4 Reasons Transparency is Essential in the Marijuana Industry

Controversy is not new when it comes to marijuana licensing as we’ve learned in Pennsylvania and Florida over the past year. Often, controversy comes from a lack of transparency in the licensing process.