CASE STUDY / MULTI-STATE DISPENSARY / SEO

14× Non-Branded Organic for an 11-Store Midwest Chain

11-store chain. 14× non-branded organic. $2.1M attributed revenue. Zero manual actions.

The ledger.

+1,340% NON-BRANDED ORGANIC SESSIONS
+$2.1M ATTRIBUTED REVENUE
11 mo ELAPSED
0 MANUAL ACTIONS
22 mo TENURE AND COUNTING

Where they were.

Eleven storefronts across Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri. Template location pages with zip codes swapped. Broken Dutchie menu sync. No schema. Previous agency had bought 2,400 toxic backlinks. Manual action on one store, the rest trending down. 90 days from board firing marketing entirely.

The work.

Technical + link audit

Ahrefs toxic domain audit, disavow file for 2,400 domains, manual action reconsideration request filed with documented remediation.

Rebuilt 11 location pages

Unique trade-area copy, GBP sync, review velocity systems, LocalBusiness and Product schema deployed.

Menu API rewire

Server-side Dutchie integration to eliminate duplicate content penalties across the footprint.

Content engine

12 pillar pieces/month on non-branded category intent. Digital PR earned placements in state business outlets, MJBizDaily, Green Market Report.

What changed.

Non-branded organic sessions: 4,100/mo → 58,900/mo in 11 months. Attributed revenue: $2.1M via GA4 + Dutchie POS match. Manual action lifted at month 3. Zero further actions. Local pack placement in all 11 trade areas within 90 days.

05 / Client

"They fixed what two previous agencies broke. And they didn't need a deck to do it."

— VP Marketing

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