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Vertical — Cannabis

Cannabis is our bread and butter.

Cannabis is the hard case: locked out of most mainstream ads, throttled on social, and watched by regulators. Organic search and the AI answers are the way in — and this is the vertical that taught us the gray space in the first place.

Almost ten years in.

Cannabis is where we cut our teeth, and it’s what made us specialists at growing brands the easy channels won’t touch. Some of the largest cannabis brands in North America were built on work we started — and we’ve done it from both ends: startups fighting to get found, and established players looking to further dominate a market they already lead.

Same discipline, either direction.

The playbook doesn’t change with your size — technical foundation, authority built in the right places, content that ranks on Google and gets cited in the AI answers. It just gets pointed at wherever the room to win actually is.

The moat is knowing the rules.

Cannabis isn’t national SEO with different keywords. It’s brand-versus-dispensary nuance, realities that shift market to market, content that stays compliant instead of getting pulled, and links from places that only exist in this world. That knowledge is the moat — and it’s why a generalist can’t follow us in.

Who we do it for

  • Startups getting found
  • Brands extending a lead
  • Retail and DTC
  • Organic-only operators

What winning looks like

The results we go after — and show you live.

Own your category

Rank for the searches your buyers actually use — from brand terms to high-intent product and dispensary queries.

Cited when it counts

Show up in the AI answers people now trust to pick a brand or a shop, not just the tenth blue link.

Growth that sticks

Organic authority compounds — it doesn’t vanish when an ad budget dries up or a platform changes its mind.

We keep client names off the page — you’d want the same. Email us and we’ll walk you through live dashboards: real accounts, real numbers, names covered.

See the live dashboards

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

Can cannabis brands even do SEO?

It’s one of the only channels you fully can. Ads are mostly off-limits and social gets throttled — organic search and the AI answers are where cannabis brands actually get found.

Do you work with dispensaries and brands?

Both — startups getting found and established players extending a lead. Same discipline, pointed at wherever the room to win is.

Is your work compliance-safe?

Yes. We build content and links that respect the rules of the space instead of tripping over them — that’s the whole reason we’re specialists and not tourists.

How is this different from a general SEO agency?

Nearly a decade in cannabis specifically. We already know the terrain, the links, and the topics that work here — a generalist is learning on your budget.

How fast do results come?

Ninety days to move something measurable, or you fire us. Most brands see the first movement by week six.

Think we’re a fit? Tell us what you sell.

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