Earlier this year, before a pandemic and chaos hit us all, I wrote an article about the inevitable CBD bust. In that article, I mentioned price crashes, mostly due to an oversupply of raw materials and finished products, and an overall lack of consumer demand of CBD based products. When I wrote the article, CBD […]
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It was predicted to be liquid gold. “The Green Rush” – a term coined ironically to mimic the gold rush that sparked mass migrations to California in 1848. The gold rush brought over 300,000 people to California in search of fortune. Some made it, but most left with shattered dreams. But history has ways of […]
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If You’re Doing Less than $5k a Month in Online Sales, then You Need to Read This.
If you clicked the link to the article from my post on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Medium, you probably got enticed by the clickbait-y headline. It might be cheesy, but there’s a reason why I chose to do it this way. I’ll explain more in just a second… Every business has a goal to increase revenue, […]
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Marketing Beyond Materialism
A rising interest in metaphysical & non-religious spiritualism is influencing visual culture, and shaping an increasing trend of young consumers valuing experience over objects. Marketing is an ever evolving practice of business. The world of marketing has & will change forever, because society & consumer behavior has & will change forever. It does us no […]
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What’s a Target Market? A Guide to Audience Positioning
Defining your target market is one of a brand’s most important tasks. It’s the foundation of all elements of your marketing strategy, from how you develop and name your products or services right through to the marketing channels you use to promote them. Here’s a hint before we dig in: Your target audience is not […]
Dispensaries are perhaps the most important legal means of distribution of marijuana today. This has caused a boom in dispensaries opening up their shops to excited smokers around The US. While there are a lot of great dispensaries to choose from, it can be hard to find the one that truly provides the right atmosphere for […]
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Don’t Sell Commodities
Commodity vs. Product. What does each one mean & what’s the difference? Although often confused and sometimes used interchangeably, especially in the CBD space, the terms commodity and product are very, very different. A commodity is a raw material used to manufacture a finished good – think of CBD itself as the commodity. A product, […]
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Banned on Facebook: The Cannabis Censorship Crisis on Social Media
It’s 8:00 in the morning. You’re just starting to get into work mode, and like the rest of us, begin by checking social media notifications. Only this time, you try logging into Instagram, when a new notification has popped up. Your account has been disabled. One day in late April, Larry Serbin logged into Facebook […]
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Automate the Boring Sh*t
You know what I really hate? Spending chunks of my day on bullshit tasks when I could be doing more important & fulfilling work, like rolling a one ounce joint. If you’re like me, you can’t really justify paying someone $15/hr to write cute instagram captions & input new contacts into every system we use […]
California state officials confiscated these Kushy Punch vape cartridges in their investigation of the company’s unlicensed Canoga Park facility. (Courtesy of CA Dept. of Consumer Affairs)California has a troubling new wrinkle in the vaping story rocking the nation. Acting on a tip, state officials raided a warehouse in Canoga Park and discovered an illegal manufacturing […]