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Colleen
Head of Communications
Colleen has worked in tech, cannabis and communications for over a decade, specializing in retail strategy, industry leadership, and operations. She creates resources to empower dispensary teams, drive success, and highlight innovative retail models.

Posts by Colleen

Take better care of your VIP dispensary customers blog banner image depicting B-Real signing autographs in a cannabis retail store.

Dispensary Customer Retention: Keeping Your VIPs in 2026

Dispensary customer retention, step by step: define your VIP tier, build a compliant loyalty program, protect margin, and win back lapsed regulars.
Learn how to build a VIP program that lifts repeat visits without cutting margin.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis RetailCannabis Marketing
A person holding a smartphone, representing a branded cannabis dispensary mobile app that turns one-time buyers into repeat customers.

Cannabis Dispensary Mobile Apps: A Retention Playbook

A practical guide to dispensary mobile apps: what they do, what to look for, and how to launch one that pays for itself.
Four plays to turn one-time dispensary buyers into customers who keep coming back.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis MarketingCannabis Retail
Retro synthwave illustration of a striped sun setting over a dark horizon beneath a purple-to-orange gradient sky dotted with stars, with a dashed road receding toward the vanishing point. Headline text reads 'Dutchie Plus Sunset: What Dispensaries Should Do Next,' tagged 'Dispensary Guide.'

Dutchie Plus Is Sunsetting: What Dispensaries Should Do Next

The Dutchie Plus sunset arrives in 2026. Here's what stops working, what it means for your SEO and integrations, and how to migrate without losing orders.
Move before the Dutchie Plus deadline to turn a forced change into an upgrade.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis Retail
Budtender showing a customer cannabis products from a glass display case at a dispensary, illustrating the blog post Budtender Incentives: Motivate Your Team and Lift Sales

Budtender Incentives: Motivate Your Team and Lift Sales

How budtender incentives boost dispensary sales and cut turnover, five plays you can run this week, and how Meadow and SparkPlug automate the whole thing.
Your budtenders influence 3 in 4 purchases. Five plays that turn that into revenue.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
IntegrationsCannabis Retail
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California Cannabis Delivery Ledger Requirements: A Compliance Guide

How California's delivery inventory ledger works: what CCR Section 15049.3 requires, what to record on every trip, penalties for violations, and how to verify your ledgers are reaching Metrc.
What the delivery ledger rule requires and how to run it without slowing down your drivers.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis DeliveryCannabis Compliance
Meadow vs. BLAZE: The Delivery Edition. We break down how each system handles delivery, compliance, and efficiency—so you can choose the best option for your dispensary.

Meadow vs. BLAZE: Choosing the Best Cannabis Delivery Software, 2026

Compare Meadow vs. BLAZE for cannabis delivery. See G2 ratings, delivery models, compliance, and why operators switch.
Find out which system dispensaries trust for delivery 🚚
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis Industry LeadershipCannabis RetailCannabis Delivery
Cannabis 280E tax guide: what dispensary owners need to know,

Cannabis 280E Tax: What Every Dispensary Owner Should Know

280E taxes dispensaries on gross profit, not net. Learn the one legal lever that lowers your bill, plus what 2026 rescheduling actually changes.
What 280E really costs dispensaries, and how to manage it.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail
The image shows a smiling woman in sunglasses and a denim jacket receiving a brown paper bag from a mobile dispensary driver. The setting appears to be a sunny suburban neighborhood, with trees and a house in the background. Overlaid on the right side of the image is a translucent gradient with the following text: HOW TO LAUNCH A MOBILE DISPENSARY A Step-by-Step Guide to Ice Cream Truck Delivery The design conveys approachability, professionalism, and clarity—suitable for a cannabis business guide or educational resource on mobile dispensary operations.

How to Launch a Mobile Dispensary: Step-by-Step Guide to Ice Cream Truck Delivery

How to launch a mobile cannabis dispensary: a step-by-step guide to the Ice Cream Truck delivery model — permits, vehicles, routing, and compliance.
Discover how Ice Cream Truck cannabis delivery works—and how Mobile Dispensaries can help you serve more customers, faster
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis DeliveryCannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail
A smiling customer and a friendly budtender complete a cashless transaction inside a modern dispensary. The budtender, wearing a dark green "Green Earth Co." hoodie, hands a small product to the customer, who is dressed in a black faux fur coat. They engage in a warm, casual interaction at a sleek wooden checkout counter, where a tablet-based point-of-sale system is visible. In the background, a vibrant green plant wall features a neon sign reading "Inhale, Exhale" with a lit joint illustration. The dispensary has a clean, welcoming ambiance with framed certificates on the walls, potted plants, and natural lighting.

How to Accept Cashless Payments at Your Dispensary

How dispensaries accept payment today: PIN debit, ACH, dual pricing, and where cashless ATMs fit. What rescheduling did and didn't change.
See which payment setup fits your dispensary →
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail
A dispensary customer wearing a green plaid jacket holds up a small cannabis product jar in front of a bright, back-lit display wall filled with various cannabis products. On the right side, bold text reads “Dispensary Discount Strategy” with a purple line underneath and subtext: “How to Drive Sales Without Losing Margin.” The setting appears modern and well-lit, emphasizing smart cannabis retail.

Smarter Ways to Discount: Building a Profitable Dispensary Discount Strategy

How to build a dispensary discount strategy that grows profit, not just traffic; which promotions to run, when to run them, and how to protect your margins.
Win customers without giving away your profit—here’s how.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis RetailCannabis Marketing