What growth actually looks like when the ads get banned
Regulated brands don't lose because the product is weak — they lose because the channels close. These are the playbooks we ran when they did: organic engines, compliant paid, stores that convert and automation that scales a small team.
Selected work across regulated categories
Cannabis, CBD, vape, kratom, nicotine and functional beverages — filter by the category closest to yours.
How a CBD brand replaced banned ads with an organic engine that outsells them
Ad accounts suspended, payments frozen, growth flatlined. Nine months later organic search and owned channels drove the majority of revenue — with no reliance on paid.
Read the full case studyOwning the map pack in a 40-dispensary metro
A single-location dispensary went from invisible to the default local result — without a dollar of paid search.
Rebuilding a vape store after a full platform ban
Every ad channel gone overnight. We rebuilt around search, age-gated the store properly and moved the audience to owned channels.
Ranking a kratom brand where competitors won't risk content
A claim-safe content engine took the terms nobody else would touch — and turned cautious searchers into repeat buyers.
A pouch challenger taking share from the incumbents
No ads allowed, no shelf space, no problem: comparison content plus a fast, compliant store did the selling.
Cutting 20 hours a week of manual work with AI workflows
AI-assisted content, lead routing and reporting — all human-reviewed — gave a lean team the output of a much bigger one.
Getting approved on channels that keep saying no
Compliant, policy-reviewed campaigns on the channels still open to the category — and an owned-channel backstop so a suspension never stops growth.
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Your brand could be the next case study
We only work with regulated brands, so we already know the blockers — the ad bans, the age gates, the frozen processors, the claim rules. Let's find the growth that's still available to you.
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