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Marijuana PR Services · Built for cannabis

Cannabis Public
Relations.

Cannabis brands can’t buy their way into mainstream attention — not when paid is locked down and social is throttled. Earned media is the only channel where compliance doesn’t cap the upside. We run cannabis public relations the way it actually works in this industry: real reporter relationships, real trade-press fluency, real placements.

10+
Years inside cannabis marketing
33+
U.S. states served
$7M+
Ad spend managed
100%
Cannabis-only client roster
What cannabis PR actually delivers

Earned attention in the one channel cannabis isn’t locked out of.

Cannabis PR is the cheapest legitimacy a cannabis brand can buy. Trade press, mainstream business outlets, podcasts, conference stages — the visibility that paid can’t touch. Here’s what a real cannabis public relations engagement from a cannabis marketing agency delivers.

→ Outcome 01

Placements in the outlets that actually move the industry.

MJBizDaily, Marijuana Moment, Green Market Report, Cannabis Business Times, Benzinga Cannabis, Leafly, plus mainstream business press when the story warrants it. We pitch where your audience actually reads.

→ Outcome 02

Founder and executive thought leadership.

Bylines, panel placements, podcast bookings, and quote sourcing for reporters working active stories. Your founder becomes a name reporters call for the next piece, not a press release nobody opens.

→ Outcome 03

Crisis communications when (not if) something goes sideways.

Cannabis is a regulated industry running at venture-startup pace. Things break. We help you respond on the record, with the right framing, before the story gets away from you.

Cannabis public relations agency — earned media, thought leadership, media training, conference placements, and crisis communications for cannabis brands and operators
What’s included

Every lever that moves cannabis PR.

Full-spectrum cannabis public relations, scaled to your operation. No press-release-spray-and-pray. No padded reporter lists. Real outreach, real placements, real measurement.

Get the full scope
Cannabis media strategy Outlet map, angle development, narrative arc
Press release writing Newswire-ready releases for cannabis trade press
Targeted media pitching Cannabis trade, mainstream business, vertical podcasts
Thought leadership Bylines, op-eds, contributed articles
Executive media training On-camera, on-mic, on-the-record prep
Podcast booking Cannabis-native and mainstream business podcasts
Conference & panel placement MJBizCon, Benzinga, NCIA, state-level conferences
Award submissions Industry awards, 30 under 30, list placements
Newsjacking Real-time reporter outreach on breaking stories
Crisis communications Response strategy, statement drafting, reporter handling
Investor & analyst relations Coverage by cannabis equity analysts and investor press
Coverage reporting Placement tracking, share-of-voice, monthly digest
The engagement

Four phases. No mystery.

You’ll always know where we are, what’s next, and why. Cannabis PR is a cadence game — we run it like one.

01
Week 1–2

Diagnose

Coverage audit, narrative review, executive interviews, target outlet map, competitive share-of-voice. Two-week deep-read before a single pitch goes out.

02
Week 2–3

Architect

Media strategy, story arc, outlet-by-outlet pitch calendar, executive positioning, KPI baseline. Signed off before outreach starts.

03
Month 2+

Execute

Weekly pitching cadence, story development, reporter relationships, monthly strategy calls. Cadence over heroics.

04
Quarterly

Compound

Quarterly business review. What’s landing scales. What isn’t gets cut. Reporter relationships compound — by month nine, reporters are calling you instead of the other way around.

Trust

Cannabis brands and operators we’ve worked with.

A short list of the cannabis businesses our team has supported — operators, brands, industry associations, and ancillary partners across the U.S.

Client — Quantum 9
“Trip placed our founder in MJBizDaily, Marijuana Moment, and three cannabis podcasts in the first quarter. We’d been trying to land MJBiz coverage for two years before that.”
Q9
Quantum 9 Cannabis consulting firm · Founder thought leadership program
Why Trip

The cannabis-specialist difference.

A generalist PR agency taking on cannabis spends six months learning the trade press. A specialist agency is already on a first-name basis with the reporters covering your story.

Generalist marketing agency

The agency that “also does cannabis”

  • Doesn’t know the cannabis trade press beat structure
  • Pitches mainstream business reporters who don’t cover cannabis
  • Treats cannabis as a CPG vertical and uses the wrong angles
  • No relationships with cannabis-specific reporters or podcasters
  • Generic press release templates that get auto-deleted by trade press
  • Can’t parse cannabis regulatory developments fast enough to newsjack
  • Junior account staff doing outreach with no industry context
Trip · Cannabis specialists

The cannabis public relations agency operators actually hire

  • 10+ years inside cannabis PR from day one onward
  • Working relationships with MJBizDaily, Marijuana Moment, Green Market Report, and dozens more
  • Cannabis-fluent angle development — we know what each outlet actually publishes
  • Direct lines to cannabis-native podcasters, panel programmers, and analyst coverage
  • Press releases written for the cannabis trade press, not against it
  • Same-day newsjacking on cannabis regulatory and legislative developments
  • Senior cannabis strategists on every account, every call
Common questions

Before the call.

The questions every cannabis operator asks us first. Still have one? Just ask on the form below.

How long until we see placements?
First pitches go out within two weeks of kickoff. First placements usually land in 30–60 days for cannabis trade press, 60–90 days for mainstream business outlets. Real momentum (where reporters start calling you for quotes) lands around month 6–9. Cannabis PR is a relationship game and relationships take time to compound.
Which cannabis outlets do you have relationships with?
Cannabis trade press: MJBizDaily, Marijuana Moment, Green Market Report, Cannabis Business Times, Benzinga Cannabis, Cannabis Industry Journal, Cannabis Business Executive. Vertical and consumer: Leafly, Weedmaps, High Times, Merry Jane. Cannabis podcasts: dozens, including the major business-of-cannabis shows. Plus mainstream business press (WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company) for stories that warrant crossover coverage.
Do you do crisis communications?
Yes — built into every engagement, not an upsell. Cannabis is a regulated industry running at venture-startup pace. Recalls, license disputes, lawsuits, executive transitions, regulatory actions — things break. We help you respond on the record, with the right framing, before the story gets away from you.
Do you work with plant-touching and ancillary cannabis businesses?
Both. Operators, dispensaries, brands, MSOs — plus the ancillary ecosystem of consultants, attorneys, labs, fintech, real estate, staffing, and trade groups. Ancillary cannabis PR has more outlet options open (mainstream business press is friendlier). Plant-touching has tighter angles. We adjust the approach accordingly.
Can you book our founder on podcasts and conference panels?
Yes. Podcast booking and conference placement are core deliverables, not add-ons. We pitch cannabis-native podcasts, mainstream business shows, and panel programmers at MJBizCon, Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, NCIA, and state-level events. Most engagements include both within the first 90 days.
How do you measure cannabis PR results?
Placement count, outlet quality, share-of-voice vs. competitors, message penetration, and downstream signal (inbound inquiries, sales meetings booked from coverage). Not press-release distribution counts — anyone can spray a release across PR Newswire and call it activity. We measure what reporters actually published and what it produced.
Do you offer month-to-month contracts or only annual?
Three-month minimum because cannabis PR needs runway for relationships to develop. After three months, you’re month-to-month. We’d rather earn the renewal than trap you in it.
Will I work with senior people or get handed off to a junior?
Senior cannabis strategists run every account, end to end. The person pitching reporters on your behalf is the person on your monthly call — not a junior whose name reporters don’t recognize.
Next step

Tell us what story
you can’t get told.

30-minute strategy call with cannabis PR experts who’ve already shipped this work. No deck. We’ll either tell you we can help and how — or tell you who can. Either way you leave with a clearer plan than you came in with.

Book your cannabis PR strategy call