MiQ Canada partners with Leafly to offer audience extension for cannabis brands

Partnership allows brands to reach high-intent cannabis audiences from Leafly using MiQ’s programmatic capabilities

Toronto, July 21, 2020 –Today, MiQ, a global programmatic media partner, announced its partnership with Leafly, the world’s leading cannabis information resource. The partnership uses MiQ’s programmatic solutions to reach Leafly’s active cannabis audience across the open web, while meeting compliance and brand safety regulations.
The partnership allows brands to better understand Leafly’s audience, forming valuable insights and segmenting high-intent cannabis audiences. With the power of programmatic, brands can then target these unique audiences on other publishers, websites and channels.

“As a leader in programmatic media buying, MiQ was the ideal partner to help us expand and deepen our advertising capabilities and offerings,” said John Duncan, Head of Content and Partnerships for Leafly. “This partnership’s goal is to help cannabis, CBD, and ancillary brands and retailers extend their reach to the audience that matters most, in order to achieve and surpass their digital marketing objectives.”

A recent pilot project with FIGR, a Canadian licensed producer that combines farming wisdom with scientific rigour, demonstrated the effectiveness of the partnership. The campaign resulted in a 3X increase in performance across various regions in Canada.

“MiQ has been one of our more strategic partners in helping us understand our core audiences, their motivations and where to best reach them,” said Zack Grossman, VP of Marketing, North America FIGR. “They provide insights that fuel our marketing strategies and programs, which has helped build awareness amongst cannabis consumers.”

This new offering will be made available to Canadian cannabis retailers through both MiQ and Leafly.

“We are thrilled to team up with Leafly and offer a way for cannabis brands to target this niche audience,” said Jim Davis, Senior Director of Revenue, MiQ Canada. “We know cannabis marketing is complex and we are here to help make it simple and effective for our clients and partners.”

MiQ and Leafly will continue to grow their combined offerings throughout 2020.

For more information please contact:

Jihan Aziz, Marketing Manager, MiQ Canada

Jihan.Aziz@miqdigital.com

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