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October 14, 2022
Just five years ago, in 2017, the legal cannabis industry in the United States employed 122,800 people. As of January 2022, there were 428,059 legal cannabis jobs according to the 2022 Leafly Jobs Report, which was published in partnership with Whitney Economics.
October 11, 2022
Within the past several years, the number of colleges and universities offering cannabis courses, programs, and degrees has increased significantly. Growing from a small number of schools in 2018 and 2019 to more than 100 today (and still growing), the legal cannabis industry has legitimized to the point that some states are even investing into cannabis college programs.
October 4, 2022
Agrify develops premium indoor grow solutions for the cannabis and hemp marketplaces. The company’s mission is to assist horticulturalists in producing the highest quality crops possible with both consistency and superior yields. Cannabiz Media spoke with Agrify’s Director of Marketing, Rachel Fournier, to learn how she and her team use the Cannabiz Media License Database for marketing, sales, research, news updates, and more.
September 30, 2022
Shield Client Connect Chicago 2022 is the first of what will become an annual event hosted by Shield Compliance. Shield Client Connect will bring together leaders from the Shield team and other Shield banks and credit unions as well as cannabis industry and banking professionals from around the country. Attendees will have the opportunity to share best practices, learn about Shield’s product development, and connect with Shield partners to enhance their cannabis banking programs.
September 29, 2022
Search engine optimization (SEO) represents an excellent opportunity for businesses working in and with the cannabis industry to boost traffic to their websites, which will lead to improved brand awareness, trust, word-of-mouth marketing, sales, and profits. Many cannabis and cannabis-related businesses haven’t invested into SEO yet, which means those business leaders who do make this strategic investment will reap the rewards.
September 27, 2022
Excellent content published frequently is the cornerstone of any search engine optimization strategy, but the content has to match the search intent of your target audience in order to increase search engine traffic to your website from the right audiences. Let's dive deeper into the topic of search intent - what it is, why it matters, and how to match your content to your target audience's search intent.
September 20, 2022
The day and time that you send your email marketing campaigns can have a significant effect on your open rates, click rates, and results. Over the years, there has been a lot of research conducted to determine the best day and time to send email marketing messages in order to maximize open and click-through rates. Let’s take a closer look at what you should believe, what you shouldn’t, and how to use send time optimization rather than a magical day and time to improve your email marketing results.
September 16, 2022
The Cannabiz Media team will be at booth #903 during CannaCon West, which is being held at the Denver Convention Center in Denver, Colorado from September 24-25, 2022. Stop by the booth to say hello and see a demo of the Cannabiz Media License Database for sales and marketing and Cannabiz Intelligence™ for business and financial intelligence.
September 14, 2022
Increasing organic traffic is crucial for businesses working in and with the cannabis industry. Since Google and other search engines don’t allow most cannabis and cannabis-related businesses to invest in pay-per-click (PPC) advertising to generate paid search traffic to their websites, organic traffic is absolutely essential. Link building is an effective way to improve search engine rankings for your website, so your site gets more organic search traffic.
September 13, 2022
Our research team is constantly scrutinizing licenses and the companies that own them. While many of the cannacurious industry watchers focus on the publicly held companies; there is a whole other tier of private companies that have been quietly acquiring licenses across state lines. We think this is where the cannaserious observers are spending their time. These companies are harder to track due to the lack of public filings, but the license information can tell an interesting story.
September 12, 2022
Cannabiz Media won Green Market Report’s 2022 Cannabis Technology Award for Best Platform Design! This is the first year that Green Market Report, a Crain’s Communications brand, has held the Cannabis Technology Awards program. The goal of the awards is to recognize companies that have developed unique and innovative solutions to the challenges facing the cannabis industry.
September 9, 2022
Considering that PPC advertising on Google and other search engines is still extremely challenging (if not impossible) for businesses working in and with the cannabis industry, organic traffic is crucial to building a brand and growing a business. It’s also something that very few cannabis brands are investing in right now, which means there is currently a big opportunity available to businesses that prioritize content and organic traffic in their marketing budgets.
September 7, 2022
One of the biggest stories in 2022 has been the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which significantly impacted the global supply chain. The cannabis industry has not been immune to these supply chain delays and shortages. Cannabis businesses are also facing higher prices thanks to the domino effect the invasion has had on the global economy. Despite the challenges, progress has been made in a number of international cannabis markets.
August 30, 2022
The Northeast adult-use cannabis market is set to grow exponentially within the next six to 12 months. Some of these states’ adult-use programs are more restrictive than others, but New Hampshire and Pennsylvania’s lack of legal recreational cannabis markets are in direct opposition to voters’ preferences. Here's what's been happening in these states during the first seven months of 2022.
August 23, 2022
The continued growth and development of big businesses with deep pockets in the cannabis industry has many people worried that the result of continued mergers and acquisitions will be monopolies, lower quality products, and a shift of revenues away from mom and pop businesses in local communities to out-of-state (or out of country) corporations. This concern has already evolved into a reality and will continue to become an even bigger problem as state programs expand, when interstate commerce is allowed, and when federal legalization happens.
August 19, 2022
CannaCon Chicago is being held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois from August 26-27, 2022. Throughout the conference, the Cannabiz Media team will be at exhibitor Booth #905 answering questions and giving demonstrations of the Cannabiz Media License Database for sales and marketing as well as Cannabiz Intelligence™ for business and financial intelligence.
August 17, 2022
While recent news has been focused on adult-use market launches and program rollouts on the east coast, a handful of states are embarking to launch a cannabis market for the first time. In Appalachia, the South, and the Great Plains, numerous regulators have made strides in recent months to launch sales, or are very close to doing so.
August 16, 2022
The Cannabiz Media team will be at Booth 420 during Cannabis Conference 2022 from August 23-25, 2022 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team will be answering questions and giving demos of the Cannabiz Media License Database for sales and marketing as well as Cannabiz Intelligence™ for business and financial intelligence. We hope to see you there!
August 15, 2022
Last week, we covered what’s been happening in the western states of the U.S. cannabis industry during the first seven months of 2022. This week, we’ll dive into updates from the Midwest and Southern United States with future articles to come about the Eastern U.S. and international markets.
August 9, 2022
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