Minnesota Cannabis SEO & Digital Marketing

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Search Engine Optimization for Minnesota Cannabis Businesses

If you live anywhere in Minnesota, and are looking for a dispensary or cannabis business; all you have to do is type in what you are looking for and Google will produce geo-targeted results based on your search intent. You don’t even need to type “near me” anymore. Search Engines are going to aggregate results that they feel will best serve you based on your location.

Is Cannabis SEO in Minnesota worth the investment?

Search engine optimization is always worth the investment, but there are quite a few factors to consider. Local SEO for MN dispensaries and cannabis service providers is a smart bet and can generate consistent local traffic and customers. Brand new businesses that are just getting started online can have a hard time ranking for buyer terms if there is already a high influx of other businesses in the area.

Local cannabis marketing is going to get pretty competitive, so we recommend getting a foundation set up as soon as possible.

Web Design for Cannabis Dispensaries

Your website is your first impression, and as the old saying goes… you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. We have built dozens of cannabis dispensary websites, and well over a thousand sites in total in the 10+ years that we have been offering digital marketing services online.

Our websites not only look good, but they actually rank.

How important is it for your cannabis website to rank?

Organic traffic from a properly optimized website will allow you to generate constant lead flow and phone calls from your both your website and your Maps listings. This is all technically free traffic that you don’t need to advertise to. These are visits on your website from people that are looking to purchase cannabis. Websites that rank in the top 3 of search results get 90% of the search traffic.

Do you need WeedMaps or Leafly?

While WeedMaps, Leafly and other “menu” platforms offer an online presence, the trend for the last 2 years has seen those platforms losing at least 30-50% of their website visitors. Why? There are a number of reasons, but most consumers would rather interact with a local business than shop an online marketplace that doesn’t provide more than an online menu.

WeedMaps won’t even let you link back to your own website. They want to keep the user data to themselves, and don’t want their visitors leaving their site to shop on yours.

While having a presence on their may help, it won’t do anything to increase your overall search presence or increase traffic to your website.

SEO for Minnesota Cannabis Dispensaries

The highest search term for any cannabis dispensary right now is “dispensary near me.” Google and just about every search engine out there has switched to a mobile first geolocation format for how they deliver results. Making sure you get found online both in maps and in organic listings is more important than ever. Most people are never going to go to page 2 to find you. To be honest, most people aren’t going to go past the maps listing.

The importance of buyer intent searches

Buyer intent searches are basically very specific searches based on a specific product. If someone is searching for “Cherry Pie OG” on their phone, you can basically guarantee that they want to buy it. Most dispensaries never get the chance to optimize for strains or products, because they are using 3rd party menu systems. This is why we built Weedmart.

By having the ability to actually show and optimize your own products online, you can gain easy wins from people who are looking to purchase products that you carry.

If you run a cannabis service business, dispensary or you offer legal or accounting support to cannabiz, a properly optimized Minnesota Cannabis SEO campaign can create a consistent flow of calls, visitors and customers to your business. We know what a cannabis client is worth, and showing up on page 1 for a buyer intent search term is SO worth the investment to rank. While the search volume may not be anywhere near ecommerce searches, generating free qualified leads from your website and maps listings can bump up your revenue every month.

Digital Marketing for Cannabis Companies in Minnesota

We offer a wide range of digital marketing services for cannabis businesses in the emerging state of Minnesota. Our team can handle everything from cannabis web design, to social media and much more. We have worked with dozens of local small businesses for the past 7 years and have helped them generate consistent leads, calls and sales. We can even handle your content creation, video marketing, email campaigns and maps optimization.

Google Maps Optimization for MN Cannabis Dispensaries.

Whether you run a cannabis dispensary in Minneapolis, Saint Paul or anywhere outside of the Twin Cities, we can help your business attract local clients with properly optimized maps listings on Google, Apple and more. Local searches results are the best way to attract clients who are close to you and are looking to shop in your cannabis store. As more and more locations open up, the competition will become FIERCE. Having your maps listing build and managed the right way will keep you showing up at the top.

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We took one client from invisible to owning the top 3 positions in local searches. Foot traffic spiked and stayed.

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About Cannabiz Marketing Solutions

SEO services in general are known as the slowest form of internet advertising since the changes made to your site today could take 3-6 months (or longer) to affect your websites rank results. Some cannabis niches (like CBD oils or Delta 8) can take a vast amount of time and a large monthly budget to see any results from. Although it takes time to rank, SEO is the most consistent form of lead generation and traffic for cannabis companies. With Ad restrictions and Social Media restrictions, organic search results will drive qualified content to your site every day once you start ranking on page 1.

There are many factors to consider when it comes to ranking a site and what keywords to go after. Schedule a call with us to discuss your business and we will let you know what you can expect.

A Cannabis SEO agency focuses on cannabis SEO, which takes a good amount of understanding. A normal agency is usually a social media/ PPC marketing company that outsources their SEO to freelancers or another agency altogether. Plenty of digital marketing companies promise the world to their customers but can’t deliver because don’t understand the cannabis industry.

While we do offer a number of different services, our main focus is and always has been SEO for small businesses! The team at DOPESEO have spent a ridiculous amount of time, energy and money on training and education to stay current and at the top of our game with search engine optimization.

For everything else, we have developed trusted partners over the years that we know will take good care of you and work seamlessly in tandem with us.

We have added on team members with specific skill sets to cover all the check boxes needed to help any cannabis business scale online.

The only way we can assure our quality stays top notch is by having our SEO consultants do everything in house and passing the benefit on to you. Cannabiz Marketing Solutions has handpicked team members from all over the world. We can actually tell you what is going on with your project every step of the way because WE are working on it. Unlike other DMA’s that literally outsource all of their “SEO” to other agencies or try to hire a couple of new freelancers every couple months, we do handle it all ourselves. Because of this, we are very picky about the clients that we work with. With us, it’s about way more than running a 7 figure agency and having tons of clients. We actually care about getting our clients results.

We care about getting our clients results that generate revenue. We make sure the results we deliver justify the investment. Our core principles help us establish long lasting relationships with out clients.
Many SEO companies will send you a monthly report, and only talk to you when there’s an issue with the invoicing ( You may have had this experience already).

We pride ourselves in understanding your goals, and working with you to achieve them. While we love to communicate great news to our clients, we actually prefer to schedule at least one monthly meeting to go over the work being done and cover what’s happening next. Many of our clients are too busy to talk after a few months of SEO work…. which just means that we are doing our job 🙂

Local SEO can help a cannabis dispensary rank higher in search results, which can drive more traffic to its online platform and physical location. This increased visibility may lead to improved billboard advertising effectiveness as potential customers will be more likely to recognize the brand.

The key components include optimizing the dispensarys Google My Business listing, using relevant keywords throughout the website, generating positive reviews on platforms like Yelp or Google Reviews, creating locally-focused content, and leveraging social media platforms for local engagement.

A positive customer experience can lead to good reviews and word-of-mouth recommendations both of which enhance local SEO. Also, user-friendly website design and clear information about productsservices contribute to better user experience and improve bounce rates affecting ranking positively.

Yes, billboard marketing can indirectly influence local SEO. An attractive billboard campaign that includes the business name or website could prompt people to search for it online, increasing organic search volume which is one factor considered by search engines in rankings.

Factors that should be considered include consistency in branding across all platforms, correct use of keywords on billboards that aligns with those used in digital platforms and ensuring tracked URLs or QR codes are included on billboards leading visitors directly to their websites improving organic traffic.
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