Mike Bologna
CEOGreen Lion Innovations / Dip DevicesMike Bologna is the CEO of Green Lion Innovations, a product development and international sourcing company and Dip Devices, a leading cannabis hardware brand. Mike has been integrating AI tools into his business operations for over a year, using both custom and off-the-shelf platforms for automated lead qualification, sales outreach, AI-driven SEO optimization and Shopify e-commerce management. His team has used AI to automate customer service processes, product categorization across a large catalog, scale SEO-optimized content, and streamline sales pipeline management. He brings the perspective of a cannabis brand operator who has moved past the initial learning curve and embedded AI into daily operations.
Flagged, Filtered, and Suppressed: Winning Cannabis Marketing in an AI-Gated World
Your best campaign may never reach a single customer, and you might never know why. AI now decides what gets shown, suppressed, or silently buried, a
Your best campaign may never reach a single customer, and you might never know why. AI now decides what gets shown, suppressed, or silently buried, and cannabis brands sit squarely in its crosshairs. Content filtering, algorithmic bias, and opaque p
Your best campaign may never reach a single customer, and you might never know why. AI now decides what gets shown, suppressed, or silently buried, and cannabis brands sit squarely in its crosshairs. Content filtering, algorithmic bias, and opaque platform rules treat legal cannabis like a liability, not a legitimate business.
The costs add up fast. Shadow banning hides your posts from followers who already opted in. Ad suppression rejects co
Your best campaign may never reach a single customer, and you might never know why. AI now decides what gets shown, suppressed, or silently buried, and cannabis brands sit squarely in its crosshairs. Content filtering, algorithmic bias, and opaque platform rules treat legal cannabis like a liability, not a legitimate business.
The costs add up fast. Shadow banning hides your posts from followers who already opted in. Ad suppression rejects compliant creative without explanation. Wasted spend piles up as budgets chase reach that algorithms quietly choke. For brand owners, MSOs, and marketing directors, this isn't a future risk. It's already shaping cannabis market trends and your growth ceiling today.
This panel moves the conversation from "how to use AI" to "how AI is already affecting your business." Industry leaders will show you how to read the systems working against you, adapt your content, and reclaim control over your reach. You'll leave understanding how to work with these platforms instead of fighting them, with cannabis business growth strategies built for a restricted landscape.
Join the panelists at the leading cannabis industry conference for a candid, practical session that turns platform bias into a problem you can manage.
