The Scunk Way: Changing the Game in Cannabis Retail
Building Relationships, Not Just Sales, in the Cannabis Industry By Mr. Scunk — cannabis educator, content creator, and founder of Scunk Gaming, where weed culture meets entertainment The cannabis industry doesn’t need more sales training. It needs more people training. Too many shops are chasing upsells when they should be building trust. If a customer leaves better off than when they came in, that’s a win. That’s the Scunk Way. 💬 Budtender Training Mindset: From Selling to Serving For too long, dispensaries have measured success by the size of the ticket instead of the strength of the connection. Everyone’s teaching budtenders how to sell more — but few are teaching them how to mean more. I’ve watched this industry evolve. The products got better, the packaging got prettier, the sales goals got louder. Somewhere along the way, a lot of folks forgot why people walk into a dispensary in the first place. They’re not here just to buy weed. They’re here to be understood, educa...