Get your cannabis brand into the "best CBD" lists buyers Google.
When a customer types "best CBD oil 2026" they land in a ranked listicle — and they buy whatever sits at #1, #2, or #3. We get cannabinoid brands placed in those lists in Forbes, Healthline, Discover, Vogue and Mary Jane. Editorial inclusion, do-follow link, top-3 positioning — warranted.
Placed in 312 ranked "best CBD" listicles across Forbes, Healthline, Discover, Mary Jane & 90+ tier-1 mastheads.
Forbes HealthDR 94 · April 2026 · 184k monthly reads
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The 9 Best CBD Oils for Sleep, Vetted by Editors (2026)
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Charlotte's Web 50mgFull-spectrum · USDA organic
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OriginalsCBD Sleep DropsUK-grown · FSA-approved
★★★★★do-follow
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Lazarus Naturals 25mgBroad-spectrum · vegan
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Joy Organics TinctureTHC-free · co2 extract
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Cornbread Hemp Whole-FlowerKentucky-grown
★★★★
9 brands ranked · You're #2 · do-follow link in body↑ +2,840 visits / mo
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Why listicles matter for cannabis
"Best CBD oil" lists are where the actual buying happens.
Search "best CBD oil for sleep" and look at who's on page one. Forbes Health. Healthline. Discover. Mary Jane. Each of those lists drives 10–40k buyers a month — and your competitors are already in them. Three reasons your brand isn't.
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Editors don't accept cold "best of" submissions
"Best CBD" listicles are commissioned features. The editor already has a brief, a deadline and a shortlist. Cold pitches go straight to junk.
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Most listicle outreach is paid pay-to-play junk
99% of "guest list" services are paid posts on DR 28 wellness blogs. Google demotes them and buyers don't trust them. We only place editorial.
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Your competitors have warm relationships with the freelancers writing them
Forbes Health has 8 freelancers covering CBD. We're on first-name terms with all 8. The brands in their listicles aren't there by accident.
Across 5 page-1 listicles, your competitors capture ~38,400 buyer visits / month. You capture zero.
What's included
Six listicle engines. One ranked clipbook.
Every Cannabis Listicles retainer ships these six outputs — tracked monthly in your live dashboard.
01Listicle SERP map
Map every "best CBD" listicle ranking page 1 in your category
We pull the top-30 buyer-intent queries for your product line, scrape every listicle ranking on page 1, and score each one for editor access, do-follow availability, traffic value and content age.
30 buyer-intent keyword targets
Listicle-by-listicle access score
Refreshed every 30 days as SERPs change
Page-1 listicles · "best CBD oil for sleep"12 found
Forbes Health · 9 best CBD oils184k/moaccess
Healthline · best CBD for sleep312k/moaccess
Discover · best CBD oils, reviewed96k/mowarm
Marie Claire · editor's favourites68k/mowarm
Mary Jane · top UK CBD oils42k/moaccess
Cosmopolitan · best CBD edit38k/mocold
02Editor & freelancer warm-pitch
Get into commissioned listicles before they go to draft
We pitch your product directly to the freelancers and contributing editors writing the next round of "best CBD" listicles — before the brief locks. 67% of our placements are confirmed before the editor opens a Google Doc.
189 cannabinoid-beat freelancers in our CRM
Pitch-to-shortlist rate: 67%
Top-3 ranking warranted on every confirmed placement
Pitches in flight · this week14 sent · 9 warm
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Jess McAllisterForbes Health · "best CBD oils 2026"
confirmed
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Eleanor HughesMarie Claire · "CBD evening edit"
confirmed
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Rohan PatelDiscover · "best Delta-8 brands"
shortlisted
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Maya TanakaBustle · "CBD for cramps"
shortlisted
03Product brief + sample kit
Send editors the kit they actually want to test
One-pager spec sheet, third-party COA, founder quote, two product angles per listicle archetype, and a sample kit — shipped to the editor with a hand-written note within 48 hours of confirmation.
Per-product brief sheet (label, COA, angle)
Sample kit + handwritten editor note (48h)
Two pre-approved founder quotes per listicle
Editor brief · OriginalsCBD Sleep Dropsv3 · live
Pre-approved blurb
"OriginalsCBD's Sleep Drops 50mg blend full-spectrum hemp with valerian and L-theanine — FSA-approved, third-party tested, and the only UK-grown oil with an MHRA-cleared sleep claim."
42 words · angle: sleep · cleared by founder + legal
Pre-approved founder quote
"The brief I gave our chemist was simple: build a sleep tincture I'd give my own mother. That's what's in this bottle."
28 words · founder: Sasha O.
Editor sample kit
2× 30ml bottles · COA · one-page spec · handwritten note · UK + US shipping
04Top-3 positioning
Not just included — ranked at #1, #2, or #3
Buyers click the top three. Position #7 is invisible. We negotiate ranking position upfront, with criteria scored against the editor's vetting rubric — and we don't count a placement until it ships top-3.
74% of placements ship in top-3 positions
Ranking position contractually warranted
Position re-negotiation at 6-month intervals
Position distribution · last 90 days28 placements
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Top-3 placements (ranked #1, #2, #3)commercial-intent buyers click here
"Buy now" links and brand-name anchors leak SEO value. We negotiate descriptive in-body anchors that pass Google's product-spam guidelines, drive direct traffic, and credit your money pages.
Do-follow link contractually warranted
Descriptive in-body anchor — not "buy now"
Anchor text reviewed by founder pre-publish
Anchor distribution · last 28 placementsall do-follow
Branded + descriptor (preferred)
"the OriginalsCBD Sleep Drops 50mg full-spectrum tincture" → /products/sleep-drops
used in 18 of 28 · ranks /sleep-drops for "sleep cbd uk"
Topical match
"full-spectrum hemp tincture audited by FSA" → /lab-results
used in 7 of 28 · pages COA hub
Editor preference (last resort)
"OriginalsCBD" → /
used in 3 of 28 · brand-only fallback
06Refresh + monitoring
Listicles get rewritten — we keep you in them
Forbes Health refreshes their CBD listicles every 6–9 months. So does Healthline, Discover and Mary Jane. We monitor every active listicle for refresh signals and re-pitch your product before competitors do.
312 active listicles monitored daily
Re-pitch SLA: 7 days from refresh signal
Position-loss recovery warranted
Active listicle monitoring · today312 tracked
Forbes Health"best CBD oils, vetted" · refreshed April 12
Held #2
Healthline"best CBD for sleep" · refreshed March 28
Moved 3 → 1
Discover Magazine"best CBD oils, reviewed" · refresh due
Re-pitch sent
Marie Claire"editor's favourites" · rewrite in progress
Brief booked
Live workspace
Your listicle clipbook, live.
SERP map, pipeline, position tracking, and traffic value — refreshed every six hours.
Six reasons cannabis founders trust us with their listicle clipbook.
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189 cannabinoid-beat freelancers
A CRM of 189 freelancers and contributing editors writing the next round of "best CBD" listicles — on first-name terms with the desks at Forbes, Healthline and Mary Jane.
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74% top-3 placement rate
We don't count #14. Industry average top-3 rate is 12%. Ours is 74% — warranted in the contract.
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Do-follow only, in-body anchors
Editorial inclusion with descriptive in-body anchors. No "buy now" sponsorship junk. No nofollow brand-only mentions.
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312 listicles monitored daily
Listicles get rewritten. We track every active "best CBD" listicle and re-pitch within 7 days of refresh signals.
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5+ years cannabinoid-only
Pitching CBD listicles since 2019. We know which titles do paid posts (we skip them) and which run editorial (we work them).
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90-day top-3 warranty
Top-3 placement in 90 days, or the next month is on us. Written into every contract.
From the operators
"They got us into the listicles our last agency only got pitched to."
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Our last PR retainer landed us in a DR 32 wellness blog. CBDSEOXperts placed us at #2 in Forbes Health and #1 in Healthline within 90 days. The traffic compounds every month.
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Founder, OriginalsCBD
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Position matters more than placement. They got us to #1 in Discover's Delta-8 list and held it through two refreshes. Direct attribution is +$48k/month and growing.
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Marcus Levin
Co-founder, Mendi Botanicals
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The refresh monitoring is the unlock. Marie Claire rewrote their CBD edit in February and we held #2 because the team had us back in the editor's brief before competitors knew it was happening.
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Liam Okafor
Head of Brand, Lazarus North
Pricing
Three tiers. Founder-led on every retainer. Top-3 warranty included.
Starter
$3,800/mo
For early-stage cannabis brands ready to land their first ranked listicles.
No 12-month lock-inTop-3 contractually warrantedDo-follow contractually guaranteedFounder on every retainer
FAQ
The questions cannabis founders actually ask before signing.
Don't see yours? Reply to any audit email — founder answers within 24 hours.
Is this paid placement, or is it real editorial inclusion?
100% editorial. We don't pay for placements. We pitch your product to the freelancers and editors writing the listicles, ship them a sample kit and brief, and let the editor decide. If they pay-to-play, we walk — and we tell you which titles to skip.
What does "top-3 warranted" actually mean?
Every placement we count must publish in position #1, #2 or #3 in the listicle. If the editor lists you at #7, that placement isn't counted toward your monthly commitment — we replace it. The 74% top-3 rate isn't aspirational; it's the floor of what we ship.
Can you really get me into Forbes Health and Healthline?
Yes — we have active placements in both as of this quarter. Forbes Health and Healthline run commissioned "best of" features regularly; we know the freelancers writing them. On the audit call we'll show you live URLs of brands we've placed there.
What happens if my product loses its position when the listicle gets rewritten?
We monitor every active listicle daily for refresh signals. When one rewrites, we re-pitch within 7 days. If you lose a position despite our re-pitch, the next placement is at no extra cost — tracked transparently in your dashboard.
Will the link be do-follow?
Yes — contractually. Every placement we count ships with a do-follow in-body link with a descriptive (not "buy now") anchor pointing to a money page on your site. We share anchor text with you for sign-off before publish.
What if my product fails the editor's vetting test?
It happens occasionally — usually a label issue, COA gap, or claims phrasing. The first audit checks each SKU against the regulators in your target markets. If something fails, we tell you before pitching, and we can refer you to a compliance counsel we trust.
How fast can I expect first placements?
Six weeks is typical for first top-3 placement. Some commissioned listicles publish faster — we've shipped placements in week 3 when an editor was already mid-brief. Our 90-day warranty exists because we hold ourselves to a top-3 placement inside that window or the next month is free.
Free listicle audit
See exactly which "best CBD" listicles your brand can realistically rank in within 90 days.
Drop your domain. We'll audit the page-1 listicles for your category, score each one for editor access, and email back the 5 we can land you in within a quarter. 48-hour turnaround.
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Average audit turnaround: 36 hours · 100+ cannabis brands served
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