→ Outcome 01
Reach without account bans.
Programmatic networks, cannabis-vertical publishers, and influencer placements that don’t get suspended the day you scale spend. The campaign actually runs.
Marijuana PPC & Programmatic · Built for cannabis
Cannabis Paid
Ads.
Google won’t run your ads. Meta throttles your reach. Most teams don’t even try. We run cannabis paid ads on the channels that will — programmatic, cannabis-friendly networks, influencer, and the compliant social workarounds that survive policy reviews.
10+
Years inside cannabis marketing
33+
U.S. states served
$7M+
Ad spend managed
100%
Cannabis-only client roster
What paid actually delivers in cannabis
Paid reach in the one industry where paid is hardest.
Cannabis paid ads are the single hardest channel in the industry to run well — which is exactly why they’re the highest-leverage one. Here’s what a real engagement with a cannabis marketing agency moves for your business.
→ Outcome 02
Spend that survives policy reviews.
We build creative, landing pages, and audience targeting that pass review on the channels that allow cannabis — and we know the workarounds for the ones that don’t.
→ Outcome 03
Attributable performance, not vanity reach.
Pixels, post-click tracking, and offline conversion APIs wired in from day one. You see what spend produced what revenue, not just impression counts.
What’s included
Every channel cannabis paid ads can legally use.
Full-spectrum cannabis paid media, scaled to your operation. We don’t carve marijuana PPC into “starter” and “real” tiers — there’s one tier of work, sized to your stage and your market.
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Programmatic display
Cannabis-approved DSPs, premium inventory, frequency capping
Cannabis-vertical networks
Leafly, Weedmaps, Mantis, Fyllo, traffic Roots
Influencer campaigns
Vetted cannabis creators on IG, TikTok, YouTube
Connected TV & OTT
Cannabis-approved CTV with geo-targeting
Audio advertising
Cannabis-friendly podcast and streaming networks
Out-of-home
Billboard, transit, and dispensary-proximity OOH
Compliant social
Organic-led growth on IG, TikTok, X, LinkedIn
Native & sponsored content
Editorial placements that pass cannabis review
SMS & push
Compliant SMS-based retargeting
Creative production
Cannabis-compliant video, display, social assets
Landing page strategy
Pages built to pass ad-platform review
Reporting & attribution
Weekly performance, monthly strategy call
The engagement
Four phases. No mystery.
You’ll always know where we are, what’s next, and why. No black-box theater — especially not in cannabis advertising where one bad creative review can pause a whole campaign.
01
Week 1–2
Diagnose
Compliance audit, channel fit, audience map, creative review of what’s already running. Two-week deep-read before a dollar of media goes live.
02
Week 2–3
Architect
Media plan, creative brief, attribution setup, landing page review, channel-by-channel forecast. Signed off before launch.
03
Month 2+
Execute
Campaigns live across approved channels. Weekly optimization, creative refresh on a cadence, monthly strategy calls.
04
Quarterly
Compound
Quarterly business review. What scaled stays. What didn’t gets cut. The mix gets sharper every 90 days.
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 ran our cannabis advertising across 33 states without a single account suspension. That’s the bar nobody else clears.”
Q9
Why Trip
The cannabis-specialist difference.
A generalist cannabis advertising agency is a guaranteed account ban. A specialist is paid reach that actually compounds.
Generalist marketing agency
The team that “also does cannabis”
- Submits cannabis creative to Google & Meta and gets the account banned
- Doesn’t know which DSPs and networks accept cannabis
- Treats compliance as a footnote, not a strategy input
- Generic display playbooks that ignore cannabis vertical inventory
- Hasn’t shipped programmatic in a regulated category
- Junior media buyers running the work
- Reporting in CTR and CPM, not business outcomes
Trip · Cannabis specialists
The cannabis paid ads partner operators actually hire
- 10+ years inside cannabis advertising from day one
- Working relationships with every cannabis-approved DSP and network
- Compliance is the moat — we architect around it
- Playbooks built specifically for cannabis PPC and programmatic
- $7M+ in cannabis ad spend managed across regulated markets
- Senior cannabis strategists on every account, every call
- Reporting tuned to cannabis economics, store traffic, and LTV
Common questions
Before the call.
The questions every cannabis operator asks us first. Still have one? Just ask on the form below.
Can cannabis brands really run paid ads online?
Yes — just not on Google, Meta, or any of the channels most marketers default to. Cannabis paid ads live on programmatic DSPs that accept the category (Mantis, Fyllo, traffic Roots), cannabis-vertical networks (Leafly, Weedmaps), influencer, CTV, audio, OOH, and organic social. The right mix depends on whether you’re plant-touching or ancillary, B2B or B2C, and which states you operate in.
How long until we see results?
Impressions and clicks land in days. Optimized cost-per-acquisition usually settles around 60–90 days as we learn which creative, audience, and channel combinations actually drive your KPI. Anything faster than that is either luck or someone burning your budget for early-week numbers.
Will my ad accounts get banned?
Not on the channels we run. The whole point of cannabis PPC as a specialty is knowing which platforms accept the category and how to stay inside their rules. We don’t submit cannabis creative to Google or Meta paid — that’s how generalist teams torch client accounts.
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 advertising has more channel options open. Plant-touching is tighter. We adjust the playbook accordingly.
How does cannabis influencer marketing fit in?
Influencer is one of the most reliable cannabis paid channels because creators can say what brands can’t in paid copy. We vet cannabis-native creators, structure FTC-compliant disclosure language, and build trackable links so it doesn’t end up as a vanity-impression line item.
Do you offer month-to-month contracts or only annual?
Three-month minimum because cannabis paid media needs a learning period to optimize. 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. No “account manager” middle layer. The person on your kickoff call is the person on your monthly call a year later.
Do you guarantee specific results?
No, and you should run from anyone who does — especially in cannabis advertising where one policy change can re-shape the channel mix overnight. We guarantee process, cadence, and quarterly accountability against the KPIs we set together in the first 30 days.
More services
Pair paid with the rest of the stack.
Paid reach hits harder when it’s wired into the rest of your marketing. Here’s the full service lineup.
01
Cannabis SEO
Technical, local, content, and AI search optimization. The one channel paid can’t take from you.
→02
Social Media & Influencer
Cannabis social media management plus creator campaigns on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and TikTok.
→03
Cannabis Web Design
High-converting cannabis sites built to rank, generate leads, and survive cannabis ad-policy reviews.
→04
Cannabis Branding
Cannabis brand identity, logo design, and packaging built for compliance without sacrificing creativity.
→05
Email Marketing
Email strategy, automation, and lifecycle campaigns for dispensaries, operators, and cannabis brands.
→06
Custom Strategy
Need something that doesn’t fit the categories above? We build custom engagements for the full cannabis ecosystem.
→Next step
Tell us where your
ads keep getting blocked.
30-minute strategy call with cannabis paid ads 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.
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