Being a budtender is a game of balancing priorities - your main goal is to provide customers with the right products for their needs & budget, but you must also make money for your dispensary to be successful. You may be tempted to recommend a cheaper product, or “downsell”, as a way to satisfy the customer - but this tactic is harmful not only to your dispensary’s bottom line, but to the customer’s experience too! Learn what downselling is, why you should avoid it at all costs, and other tactics to gain customer trust without mentioning prices.
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Pbs049_Why Cannabis Knowledge is Power for Budtenders
Dispensaries are plentiful in legal cannabis markets - how do you as the budtender create a great customer experience that ensures repeat visits? One key element is cultivating cannabis product knowledge. Your wealth of knowledge not only advances your personal career, it can also help increase sales in your dispensary significantly. Discover the positive ripple effects that your educational consumer interactions can have on the industry at large.
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[1] “How Cannabis Knowledge can mean more Sales for your Dispensary” from MJ Hybrid Solutions
Pbs048_NEWS_Oregon removes Vape Ban, but only for Nicotine products?!
Oregon responded to the vaping crisis by banning all flavored vaping products, giving companies 2-weeks’ notice to get them off the shelves. Only 2 days after the ban took effect, nicotine companies have already been granted an appeal - but flavored THC products are still prohibited. We discuss the reasoning behind this ban appeal and what was wrong with the ban from the start.
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[1] “Oregon appeals court halts governor’s vaping ban on flavored tobacco products” from The Oregonian