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Product Packaging Is a Powerful Marketing Tool

During my more than twenty years in the business, I’ve learned one of the best returns on marketing investments comes from good signage. Having...
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Fake News, Media Panic, and the Viral Marketing of an Actual Virus

By the time this column is published it may seem pointless, as the Zombie COVID-19 Apocalypse has consumed most of the world. Don’t say...
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Virtual 4/20 in 2020: We’re Living the Future of Cannabis Cross-Promotion

Celebrities that get high—they’re just like us. Especially when everyone is hunkered down, practicing “safer at home” protocols in an attempt to #FlattenTheCurve and...
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Predictions about the Current and Future States of the Cannabis Market

Late last year, the MGO | ELLO Alliance launched its inaugural Cannabis 50, a selection of the pioneers, leaders, and innovators making a positive...
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‘Deebo’ Delivers Cannabis on Fridays for Pineapple Express

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Cannabis delivery company Pineapple Express announced Tommy “Tiny” Lister---aka Deebo from 1995 classic movie “Friday”---will be delivering weed to four lucky...
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Emotional Advertising Has Become the Cornerstone of Branding

As a nation, we came together for a few brief hours. We set aside our political, cultural, economic, and demographic differences, and although we...
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The Second Greatest Story Ever Sold

A few months ago, I wrote a piece titled “The Greatest Story Ever Sold,” which became one of the more popular of my columns....
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Cannabis and Coronavirus: Marketing Best Practices in a Time of Crisis

We’re all in the middle of navigating the COVID-19 crisis and, in such uncharted territory, many of us are struggling with how to approach...
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What’s in a Name? According to Marketing Experts, Everything.

In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet suggests a name does not determine the nature of the thing to which it is applied:...
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The State of Vape (Infographic)

In September 2019, reports of a mysterious respiratory illness related to e-cigarettes and vaporizers began receiving widespread attention in the United States. As the Centers for...

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