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Real cannabis brands. Real top-3 results.

Six receipts from the last 18 months — spanning AI SEO, link building, local SEO, digital PR and listicle placements. Numbers pulled straight from each brand's clipbook, dashboard, and Search Console.

100+
Cannabis brands served since 2019
312
Top-3 listicle placements shipped
$8.4M
Attributed pipeline across portfolio
Featured study
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OriginalsCBD · UK · D2C tincture ListiclesPR
28 top-3 listicle placements in 6 months — ranked #1 in Healthline

"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."

28×
Top-3 listicle placements
+79k
Buyer-intent visits / mo
DR 76
Avg domain rating
100+
Cannabis brands served
UK + US since 2019
+218%
Avg organic ranking lift
across active retainers
312
Tier-1 editorial placements
DR 70+ · do-follow only
$8.4M
Attributed pipeline
across client portfolio
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Six receipts. One playbook.

Filter by service to see how the playbook flexes — from technical AI SEO to listicle placements to GBP recovery.

Listicles + PR UK
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OriginalsCBDD2C tincture6 months

28 top-3 listicle placements — ranked #1 in Healthline

UK D2C tincture brand wanted out of DR 30 wellness blogs. We rebuilt their pitch kit, opened relationships with 40+ cannabinoid-beat freelancers, and shipped 28 top-3 placements across Forbes, Healthline and Marie Claire.

28×
Top-3 listicle placements
+79k
Buyer-intent visits / mo
DR 76
Avg domain rating
HealthlineForbes HealthMarie ClaireBustle
Read full studyListicles
Listicles + AI SEO US
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Mendi BotanicalsD2C edibles8 months

+218% buyer-intent traffic from 22 listicle placements

Colorado edibles brand needed traffic that converts. We layered listicles in Discover, Vogue and Healthline with AI SEO citation building — ChatGPT and Perplexity now cite Mendi by name in cannabinoid queries.

+218%
Buyer-intent traffic
+312%
Branded search
+$48k
Direct sales / mo
DiscoverVogueHealthlineChatGPT cite
Read full studyListicles
Listicles + PR UK
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Lazarus NorthUK D2C oil11 months

Held #1 in Mary Jane's "Top UK CBD Oils" through two refreshes

Manchester-based CBD oil brand wanted to dominate UK SERPs. Top-3 in Mary Jane, Marie Claire and The Independent inside one quarter — and we held #1 through two listicle refresh cycles by re-pitching within 7 days.

#1
In Mary Jane's UK CBD list
11mo
Held position #1
+142
5-star Trustpilot reviews
Mary JaneMarie ClaireThe Independent
Read full studyListicles
Local SEO US
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Plain Jane DispensaryMulti-loc retail5 months

Reinstated 3 GBPs — +318% calls in Portland metro

Portland-area dispensary chain had three GBP listings auto-suspended in a single week. We submitted compliant reinstatement appeals, rebuilt 47 NAP citations, and rebuilt the geo-grid — back in the 3-pack within 5 weeks.

3 / 3
GBPs reinstated
+318%
Inbound calls
#1–3
Across 12 keyword grids
Google BusinessApple MapsWeedmapsLeafly
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Link Building + AI SEO UK + US
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Aetheria HempD2C wellness9 months

DR 28 → DR 64 in 9 months — 86 do-follow links shipped

Wellness-led CBD brand entering both UK and US markets. We shipped 86 do-follow links from DR 70+ editorial outlets, plus AI citation building. Branded search up 4× and ranking position #2 for "best cbg gummies" inside 7 months.

+36 DR
DR 28 → DR 64
86
Do-follow links shipped
#2
"best cbg gummies"
Mind Body GreenWell+GoodGlamour UKPerplexity cite
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AI SEO + Links US
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Northern Hemp CoB2B wholesale7 months

Cited by ChatGPT 47×/day — from invisible to category authority

B2B hemp wholesaler invisible in AI search and zero ranking for category queries. We ran a citation-led AI SEO program: ChatGPT and Perplexity now cite their /resource pages 47×/day. B2B inquiries 8×'d quarter-over-quarter.

47/day
AI citations (ChatGPT)
8×
B2B inquiry volume
+184
Ranking keywords
ChatGPTPerplexityHemp Industry Daily
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Inside the Mendi Botanicals turnaround.

From DR 34 with three ranking keywords to a category-defining brand cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Forbes Health.

Buyer-intent referral · weekly visits 8mo timeline
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Pre-engagement With CBDSEOXperts +218% buyer-intent
Mendi Botanicals · US

From DR 34 to category authority — 22 listicles, 86 links, +218% traffic.

Mendi came to us with three ranking keywords and an outdated PR retainer they'd already paid out. Eight months later: 22 top-3 listicle placements, 86 do-follow links, ChatGPT citing them by name on cannabinoid wellness queries.

+218%
Buyer-intent organic
22×
Top-3 listicle placements
+$48k
Direct sales / mo
+312%
Branded search lift
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Operators on the record

"They built the pipeline our last agency only invoiced for."

★★★★★

CBDSEOXperts placed us at #2 in Forbes Health and #1 in Healthline within 90 days. The traffic compounds every month and the dashboard makes it impossible to argue with the numbers.

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[Founder name]
Founder, OriginalsCBD
★★★★★

They got us to #1 in Discover's Delta-8 list and held it through two refreshes. Direct attribution is +$48k/month and growing — honestly the best PR money I've spent in this category.

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Marcus Levin
Co-founder, Mendi Botanicals
★★★★★

The refresh monitoring is the unlock. Marie Claire rewrote their CBD edit 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
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