Professional Marijuana Grower May-June 2019 Issue

NUGLNCIA Press Release NUGL Announces Partnership with National Cannabis Industry Association N UGL, a one-stop shop for all things cannabis through the intelligent connection of consum- ers and companies, is pleased to announce its promotional partnership with the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA). The National Cannabis Industry Association has been a leader in defending state and federal laws, representing business and industry growth, and one of the largest and most established organizations in the industry. “NCIA’s proven impact and support of the cannabis industry is unprecedented and a key factor in getting this community to where we are today. To say it is influential is a massive understatement,” stated Bob Waters, V.P. of Sales, NUGL Inc. “NUGL is all about helping businesses grow in the cannabis space. Work- ing with and through the NCIA, who epitomizes the term ‘canna-business first,’ is a natural fit for NUGL and its affiliate media outlets. Together, we will be able to leverage our consumer and business traffic and reach to help promote the cannabis community as well as ad- vance NCIA’s efforts to progress the cannabis industry and NUGL Inc. as a whole.” are important to them, and excited to join them in rais- ing the standard of cannabis media and education,” said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. “With NUGL’s help, we will be able to get more producers involved with our policy reform efforts on behalf of the industry, while connecting them to even more businesses and consum- ers.” NUGL launched its social media platform Tuesday March 5, 2019. “We plan on a 30 day launch with both NUGL 1.0 and NUGL 2.0 running parallel with one another. The platform is too big and we have too much traffic so we want to play it safe,” stated Ryan Bartlette, CMO, NUGL. “We will be offering features daily and moving the business platform over to work seamlessly with the active user platform.” NUGL’s social media platform is the first of its kind, offering real time map locations for users and business- es. It provides the most robust networking platform in the social media space and looks to expand into the mainstream market. For more information, visit NUGL. com or TheCannabisIndustry.org. PMG “We are proud of the work NUGL has done informing cannabis producers about issues and developments that 40 • Professional Marijuana Grower May/June 2019

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