Entrepreneurship in a Regulated Industry: How To Build a Six-Figure Business

Smiley Elmore III is the Owner of Eminent Media, a full-service digital marketing agency offering web design, SEO, social media management, and content creation. The company hosts over 80 websites and has completed over 500 projects for clients. As a six-figure entrepreneur, event promoter, and digital marketer, Smiley develops innovative marketing solutions in the cannabis industry. In this episode… Building a business in a heavily regulated industry can be risky and requires innovative strategies to scale. When everything from marketing to brand-building is censored, is it possible to scale a company to six figures?  Through creative marketing and SEO strategies, Smiley Elmore has demonstrated the growing value of the cannabis industry. Including cannabis-related search terms on web pages can lead to censorship, so Smiley leverages AI tools to write and optimize educational articles with backlinks to reputable medical dispensaries. By marketing businesses securely and attending supervised cannabis events, Smiley can build a trusted business around education and promotion. He emphasizes collaborating with other professionals in the industry to obtain access to funding and develop new marketing ventures. Join Mat Zalk in today’s episode of The Same Day Podcast as he hosts Smiley Elmore, the Owner of Eminent Media, to discuss entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry. Smiley explains the fundamentals of SEO, his plans to expand Eminent’s services, and his history with entrepreneurship.