Launch Your Own Cannabis Marketing Business, Fully Equipped and Ready to Go!

We provide the tools, training, and high-quality leads. You provide the hustle. No marketing experience required.

Your Opportunity to Profit From the Next Green Rush

This isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to build your own business in one of the fastest-growing industries today.

A Massive, Untapped Market

The legal cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing markets in the nation, projected to generate tens of billions of dollars in the coming years. But this “Green Rush” has created a unique problem: dispensary owners are passionate about their product, not marketing. They are overwhelmed by complex advertising regulations, restricted on major platforms like Google and Facebook, and struggling to stand out in an increasingly crowded local market.

This creates an enormous opportunity. These businesses desperately need expert guidance from someone who understands their challenges and has the tools to solve them. You will be stepping into a high-demand, low-supply field, positioned not just as a salesperson, but as a vital partner who can help them navigate the single biggest obstacle to their growth. You provide the solution they are actively looking for.

A True "Business in a Box"

Starting a business from scratch is incredibly difficult. It requires a huge investment of time and money to develop services, build a brand, create a website, find clients, and purchase expensive software. The CannaGuide Growth Kit eliminates every one of these barriers.

We’ve invested the years and the capital so you don’t have to. From day one, you are handed the keys to a fully operational business. This isn’t just a concept; it’s a complete, turnkey system with every component you need to start generating income immediately:

  • A Proven Service to Sell: A powerful suite of marketing tools your clients need.

  • A Professional Brand: Credibility and a polished image from your first day.

  • High-Quality Leads: A system for finding clients is already built-in.

  • All The Technology: From your CRM to your advertising platforms, it’s all included.

  • Expert Training & Support: You’re never alone on your entrepreneurial journey.

This is the ultimate shortcut to launching a successful marketing business in a lucrative niche.

Be Your Own Boss, Not By Yourself

This opportunity is designed for true independence. As an Independent Contractor, you have the freedom to build a business that fits your life. You set your own hours, you control your own schedule, and you work from wherever you choose. Your income is a direct result of your effort—there are no caps, no corporate ladders, and no limits on your earning potential.

But freedom doesn’t mean you’re on your own. You get the autonomy of being a business owner combined with the robust support, training, and mentorship of an established organization. You’ll have a direct line to experienced professionals who will help you on sales calls, guide your strategy, and celebrate your wins. It’s the perfect balance of entrepreneurial freedom and expert-backed security.

Why Dispensaries Need
Modern, Compliant Marketing

The cannabis industry faces evolving regulations, limited ad access, and growing competition. To succeed, dispensaries must adopt smarter, digital-first marketing that’s both compliant and effective.

  • Legal Restrictions: State advertising laws vary widely. Read More
  • Digital Ad Limitations: Major platforms restrict cannabis promotions. Read More
  • Market Saturation: Standing out locally is tougher than ever. Read More
  • Banking & Payment Barriers: Finance systems often reject cannabis brands. Read More
  • Inconsistent Platform Rules: Ad rules change frequently and without notice. Read More
  • Social Media Risks: Accounts face bans without clear cause. Read More
  • Persistent Stigma: Cannabis still faces outdated stereotypes. Read More

Join a Rapidly Growing National Market

The legal cannabis industry is expanding at an unprecedented rate. This isn't a local trend; it's a national movement creating massive opportunities for those ready to act.

3,659

California Dispensaries

24

Legal Recreational States

6,210,000

California Consumers

$57B

Projected Growth by 2030

Inside Your CannaGuide Growth Kit

This is the core of your “fully equipped” business. We provide every tool and resource you need to start selling and earning from day one.

A Powerful Lead & Client Management Platform

From the moment you start, you get exclusive access to a professional-grade, all-in-one marketing and sales platform. This isn't a simple spreadsheet; it's a centralized command center for your entire business, designed to keep you organized, efficient, and looking like a pro.

Forget juggling multiple tools and subscriptions. Your platform comes fully equipped to manage every stage of the sales process, from initial contact to a closed deal and beyond.

With your included platform, you can:

  • Manage Your Pipeline with Ease: Keep track of every lead and client in one place. Add notes, schedule follow-ups, and see your entire sales pipeline at a glance so no opportunity ever falls through the cracks.
  • Automate Your Outreach: Create simple but powerful email sequences to nurture leads and follow up with prospects automatically, saving hours of manual work and ensure consistent communication.
  • Build Professional Marketing Materials: Use a simple drag-and-drop builder to create beautiful emails and custom landing pages for your clients or your own brand, no coding required.
  • Track Every Interaction: See who opens your emails, clicks your links, and visits your website. Use this data to have smarter conversations and focus on your most engaged prospects.
  • Schedule and Manage Social Media: Plan and schedule social media content for your clients directly from the platform, saving time and keeping their online presence active.

This is the engine that will run your business, provided to you at no extra cost.

A Constant Stream of High-Quality Leads

The hardest part of any sales business is finding qualified prospects. We've eliminated that challenge completely.

You will be given access to a dynamic, nationwide cannabis industry intelligence platform. This is your secret weapon, providing you with a live, constantly updated list of every licensed dispensary, cultivator, and processor in your territory and beyond.

Forget spending hundreds of hours on prospecting, research, and cold calling. You can skip the guesswork and walk into every conversation with detailed intelligence.

This secret weapon allows you to:

  • Get Verified Contact Information: Access up-to-date names, phone numbers, and emails for key decision-makers at dispensaries.
  • View Detailed Business Profiles: Understand each dispensary's operation, including their license type, size, and location details before you ever make the first call.
  • Interactive Opportunity Mapping: Use an interactive map to visualize every licensed operator in a state, county, or city. Plan your sales routes and identify high-density zones of opportunity.
  • Market Insights & Rankings: Discover who the major players are in any given market. Identify growing operators, new license holders, and businesses ripe for expansion.

With this tool, you're not just a salesperson; you're a market expert. You will have a prospecting advantage that is unparalleled in the industry.

Professional Training & Support

You're not just buying a manual; you're gaining a dedicated success team. We are your partners, personally invested in your growth. Our comprehensive training and hands-on support system is designed to turn you into a confident cannabis marketing expert, regardless of your prior experience.

Your personal support system includes:

  • Comprehensive On-Demand Training: Master our proven sales process, marketing strategies, and the complexities of industry compliance through our online video training modules. Learn at your own pace and build a powerful foundation for success.
  • One-to-One Live Mentorship: This is where real growth happens. You'll receive dedicated, on-the-job coaching from a marketing veteran with over 25 years of experience. We will join you on live sales calls via video conference to guide you, provide real-time feedback, and help you navigate challenging conversations.
  • Your Personal Sales Closer: Feeling stuck on a big deal? Your personal sales manager is here to help you get it across the finish line. We will actively participate in late-stage negotiations to help you close larger accounts and maximize your commission.
  • A Direct Line to Expert Advice: You're independent, but never alone. You have a direct line to our leadership for strategic advice, ensuring you're never more than a call away from an expert answer.
  • A Proven Blueprint for Success: We don't just teach you what to do; we show you. You'll gain access to the same strategies and tactics we've used to build successful marketing campaigns for decades, tailored specifically for the cannabis industry.

This isn't just support; it's a true partnership. We provide the hands-on guidance to ensure you have the skills, confidence, and expert backing to build a thriving business.

Your Instant Credibility Tool

Your prospects are flying blind, guessing where they rank in local search results. You will have the power to give them a crystal-clear, visual report of their true market position. This tool allows you to show—not just tell—a dispensary exactly how they are seen by customers in their specific service area.

You can instantly generate and share powerful competitive insights that will become the cornerstone of your sales proposals.

With this tool, you can provide your clients with:

  • Hyper-Local Rank Tracking: Generate a detailed grid-based map showing their precise search ranking on a block-by-block basis for critical keywords like "dispensary near me." Pinpoint the exact areas where they are invisible to customers.
  • Competitive "Share of Voice" Analysis: Visually demonstrate which local competitors are dominating the search results in their area. Show them who is stealing their traffic and where their biggest opportunities lie.
  • Actionable Performance Reports: Move beyond vague promises by providing concrete, data-driven reports. Show clients their average ranking, track progress over time, and prove the value of your marketing services with undeniable data.
  • Automated Local Monitoring: Set up automated scans to monitor a client’s search performance and get alerts on ranking changes, allowing you to be a proactive and invaluable marketing partner.

This isn't just a report; it's a conversation starter and a closing tool. By providing this level of insight, you immediately establish yourself as a credible expert who can deliver measurable results.

Your On-Demand Revenue Engine

Give your clients the single most powerful tool for driving instant foot traffic and sales: direct-to-customer mobile messaging. You'll be able to create and manage fully compliant SMS and MMS marketing campaigns that put promotions, new product drops, and events directly into the hands of loyal customers.

This is more than just sending texts; it's a complete customer engagement and loyalty platform that you can manage on behalf of your dispensary clients.

With this powerful suite, you can offer your clients the ability to:

  • Drive Instant Sales with Flash Deals: Announce daily specials, new arrivals, or flash sales with bulk picture (MMS) and text messages that get opened over 95% of the time. See immediate results as customers come through the door.
  • Build a Digital Loyalty Program: Create a modern, SMS-based "punch card" loyalty program to reward repeat customers and keep them coming back, increasing their lifetime value.
  • Automate Customer Engagement: Set up automated birthday wishes with special offers, run text-to-win contests, and create interactive polls to keep their customer base active and engaged.
  • Launch Mobile Coupons: Design and deliver exclusive mobile coupons that customers can redeem in-store, giving you a perfectly trackable way to prove the ROI of your services.
  • Enable 2-Way Conversations: Allow dispensaries to have real-time, two-way SMS conversations with customers to answer questions about products or inventory, providing a premium customer service experience.

With this tool, you empower your clients to connect with their most valuable asset—their customer list—and turn it into a reliable, on-demand source of revenue whenever they need it.

Your All-in-One Social Media Command Center

Become an indispensable partner to your clients by offering comprehensive, automated social media management. This isn't just a scheduling tool; it's a complete content creation, engagement, and growth engine that allows you to manage a dispensary's entire social presence from a single dashboard.

You'll have the power to create and publish engaging content, automate responses, and prove the value of a strong social strategy, all without being chained to your phone.

With your Social Media Command Center, you can offer clients:

  • AI-Powered Content Creation: Instantly generate relevant and engaging social media posts, blog ideas, and marketing copy tailored to the cannabis industry. Overcome writer's block and keep your clients' feeds full of fresh, high-quality content.
  • Unified Social Media Scheduling: Manage and schedule posts across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more from a single, easy-to-use calendar. Plan out a month's worth of content in one session.
  • Automated Comment & DM Management: Set up intelligent, automated replies to common questions, comments, and direct messages on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Ensure every customer gets a timely response, even when you're busy.
  • Powerful Analytics and Reporting: Go beyond "likes" and "follows." Generate detailed reports that show content performance, audience growth, and engagement trends to clearly demonstrate the value of your social media services.
  • Effortless Content Curation: Discover trending articles, topics, and posts relevant to the cannabis industry and share them directly to your client's social channels, positioning them as a local thought leader.

This powerful suite of tools allows you to offer a high-value, recurring revenue service, transforming you from a salesperson into a long-term strategic marketing partner.

Your Unfair Marketing Advantage

This is the tool that separates you from every other marketing salesperson. While your competitors are stuck on restrictive platforms, you will have exclusive access to a state-of-the-art programmatic advertising network, built specifically to navigate the complex rules of the cannabis industry and deliver ads where no one else can.

This is your "ace in the hole"—a platform that allows you to offer surgically precise targeting and prove your campaign's value with undeniable data.

With the Geo-Grower platform, you can offer your clients services they can't get anywhere else:

  • Competitor Geo-Fencing: Draw a virtual fence around any competitor's dispensary and target the mobile devices of customers who have recently visited. You can ethically and effectively serve your client's ads directly to their rival's customer base.
  • Guaranteed Foot-Traffic Attribution: End the guesswork of advertising ROI. Draw a "conversion zone" around your client's dispensary to track how many people who saw an ad physically walked into their store. This is the ultimate proof that your marketing works.
  • Premium Ad Placements: Serve compliant display, video, and streaming TV ads on major mainstream websites and apps that your clients thought were off-limits, like MSN, USA Today, Fox Sports, and Pluto TV.
  • Advanced Audience Targeting: Go beyond location to target users based on their online behaviors, keyword search history, and demographic profiles, ensuring your client's message reaches the most relevant local consumers.
  • In-Depth Audience Insights: Provide clients with detailed reports on the demographics of their store visitors, including age, household income, and where they live, helping them make smarter business decisions.

With this platform, you're not just selling ads; you're offering a strategic, data-driven solution that provides a clear and measurable return on investment, making you an invaluable asset to any dispensary.

Your Instant Digital Storefront

Credibility is everything. From the moment you join, you are equipped with a professional, elegantly designed marketing website—a personal microsite completely branded to you. This is your digital storefront, ready to go live without you ever touching a line of code.

This isn't a template you have to build; it's a fully functional website we create and manage for you, allowing you to focus on building relationships and closing deals.

Your personal turnkey website allows you to:

  • Look Like an Expert from Day One: Instantly establish trust and authority with a polished web presence that showcases the powerful marketing services you now offer.
  • Clearly Explain Your Services: Your site comes pre-loaded with expertly written copy that clearly explains the value of each service in the CannaGuide Growth Kit.
  • Generate Your Own Leads: Capture interest from your personal network and local prospects with a professional contact form that feeds directly into your CRM platform.
  • Build Your Personal Brand: Your site is branded with your name and contact information, positioning you as the go-to cannabis marketing expert in your region.

With your professional website ready from day one, you can confidently tell prospects to "check out your website," knowing it represents you as a serious and capable marketing partner.

Your Proven Arsenal for Closing Deals

A powerful toolkit is only as good as the strategy behind it. That's why we don't just give you the tools—we give you the proven playbook, meticulously crafted and guided by Don Schulz (The AdCoach) and his 25+ years of B2B marketing and lead generation expertise.

You get immediate access to a complete arsenal of professionally designed sales and marketing materials. These aren't generic templates; they are battle-tested assets designed to build trust, overcome objections, and get you to "yes" faster.

Your done-for-you sales arsenal includes:

  • High-Impact Sales Presentations: A compelling, customizable slide deck that visually explains the value of your services and positions you as a strategic expert.
  • Plug-and-Play Proposals: Stop reinventing the wheel. Use our professional proposal templates that have been refined over decades to win business with small and medium-sized clients.
  • Strategic Email Templates: From initial outreach to follow-up sequences, you get access to expertly written email scripts designed to get responses and book meetings.
  • Battle Cards & Objection Handling: Walk into any conversation with confidence. We provide you with clear talking points and smart answers to the most common questions and objections you'll face.
  • Professional Case Studies: Leverage our success stories from day one. Use our library of case studies to provide social proof and demonstrate the real-world results you can deliver for clients.

This entire toolkit is powered by a deep understanding of what makes business owners tick. You are not just starting a business; you are stepping into a proven system, equipped with everything you need to be successful from your very first sales call.

A Clear & Uncapped Earning Potential

This isn't a job with a salary cap. This is an opportunity to build a real, sustainable income stream where your effort directly determines your success.

Build Your Book of Business

You’re not just making one-time sales. You earn significant, recurring commissions for every client you sign, month after month. Each "yes" you get builds your personal book of business and contributes to a stable, growing monthly income stream that you own.

A Clear Path to Six Figures

We provide a transparent and realistic roadmap to breaking the six-figure barrier. With high-value services and a generous commission structure, signing just a handful of clients can put you on a trajectory to earn more than you ever could in a traditional salaried role.

Bonuses That Reward Growth

Your success is our success, and we celebrate it accordingly. We offer achievable performance bonuses, incentives for client retention, and other perks that recognize your dedication. This is a true partnership where your growth is continuously rewarded.

Let's Talk Numbers: A Real-World Example

Wondering what's possible? Here’s a conservative scenario based on consistent effort:

If you focus on our accessible $1,750 "Essential" package and bring on just one new client per week...

...in only three months, you will have built a recurring client base that can generate an earning potential of over

$1,500 per Week

in personal commission. That's a six-figure annual income from just 12 clients, and you're just getting started.

What You'll Be Selling: High-Value Marketing Packages

These aren't small, one-off projects. You will be offering comprehensive, retainer-based marketing solutions that deliver immense value and generate significant recurring revenue.

Essential

$1,750

per month

  • Onboarding + Local SEO & Market Audit
  • Social Media Strategy w/ Brand Listening
  • Keyword Search Retargeting – 50K imp.
  • Geofencing (1–3 Zones) – 50K imp.
  • Opt-In Email Marketing – 50K (1x qtr)
  • SEO & Website Recommendations
  • Website Retargeting
  • Landing Page Creation
  • Ad Creative & Compliance
  • Monthly Reporting & Coaching

Growth

$3,500

per month

  • Onboarding + Local SEO & Market Audit
  • Social Media Strategy w/ Brand Listening
  • Keyword Search Retargeting – 100K imp.
  • Geofencing (4–8 Zones) – 100K imp.
  • Opt-In Email Marketing – 50K (1x month)
  • SEO & Website Recommendations
  • Loyalty & SMS Campaigns
  • Addressable TV Campaign 25K imp.
  • Weekly Success Check-ins
  • Website Retargeting
  • Landing Page Creation
  • Ad Creative & Compliance
  • Monthly Reporting & Coaching

Dominance

$7,500

per month

  • Onboarding + Local SEO & Market Audit
  • Social Media Strategy w/ Brand Listening
  • Keyword Search Retargeting – 150K imp.
  • Geofencing (10+ Zones) – 150K imp.
  • Opt-In Email Marketing – 100K (1x month)
  • SEO & Website Recommendations
  • Loyalty & SMS Campaigns
  • Addressable TV Campaign 50K imp.
  • Weekly Success Check-ins
  • Website Retargeting
  • Landing Page Creation
  • Ad Creative & Compliance
  • Monthly Reporting & Coaching
Don Schulz, Founder, The Ad Coach Inc. and Local Cannabis Guide LLC

Don Schulz

Founder, The Ad Coach Inc.
and Local Cannabis Guide LLC

Meet Your Cannabis Marketing Guide

With more than 25 years in local digital marketing, Don Schulz — founder of The Ad Coach — has helped hundreds of small businesses build strong brands, generate leads, and scale with confidence.

Today, he applies that expertise to guide dispensaries through one of the most competitive and regulated industries in the country. From growth strategy to campaign execution, Don is a trusted advisor who understands both marketing and ownership.

Proven Leadership: Over two decades building data-driven growth plans.

Cannabis-Focused: Deep knowledge of ad rules and regulations.

Hands-On Coaching: Performance reviews and campaign guidance.

ROI-Driven Mindset: Every tactic is tied to measurable business results.

Local Expertise: Especially experienced in Minnesota and new markets.

Built Like an Owner: Don’s insight comes from real experience scaling businesses.

Ready to Launch Your Business?

Our program is selective. We're looking for dedicated individuals ready to build a real business. Complete the form below to start the conversation.

Success Stories from Our Network

You're not just getting tools; you're getting a proven partner. Here's what business owners say about working with our founder, Don Schulz.

"The team at The AdCoach helped me reach new customers... They worked with me personally, met me where I was at and got me where I wanted to be."

Chad Stewart

Chad Stewart

Little Locker Room

"Don is extremely knowledgeable... What is particularly outstanding is the detailed personal attention he provides ALL the time. It is extraordinary and unusual."

Dorothy Muffett

Dorothy Muffett

Baywood Home Care

"We could not be happier with our partnership with The AdCoach! They are responsive to our needs and fully understand our business."

Dick Notman

Dick Notman

Eden Prairie Appliance

"At the flip of a switch, TheAdCoach deployed a 100% market disrupting strategy that repositioned our practice ahead of the pack without incurring any additional ads budget."

Ryan Hansmeyer

Ryan Hansmeyer

Shock Wave Society of N.A.

"Working with Don and his team at The AdCoach have been easy and successful. We have seen our website traffic and our sales increase."

Erik Pittman

Erik Pittman

Appliance Outlet Center

"Don is great to work with. He puts campaigns together for us quickly, effectively and thoroughly to help us meet our goals."

Nicole Hesley

Nicole Hesley

Anoka Hennepin Credit Union

Let’s Talk CannaGuide Growth Kit

Whether you’re ready to launch or just want to explore what’s possible, we’re here to help. We only work with one independent contractor per trade area — let’s make sure it’s you.

📍 Location: 7700 Equitable Drive, Suite 202
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

📞 Call Us: 952-207-0909

📧 Email: don@localcanna.guide

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