Engager

Alternative Wellness Lifestyle Brand & Product Accelerator Lab
We build new plant medicine and wellness brands, products and businesses, and grow existing ones.

We are a global team of battle-tested entrepreneurs, makers and marketers accelerating growth of brands in the alternative health and wellness category.  

We spot emerging trends, identify new growth opportunities, bring new solutions to market, and modernize the way that alternative wellness businesses engage with consumers via entertainment, experiential marketing, lifestyle marketing and emerging technologies.

The team has deep expertise in taking brands from pre-seed or seed stage to series B and beyond.  Deep experience with lifestyle marketing in music, gaming, podcasting, film, TV, cannabis, beverage and technology. 

Team has collectively accomplished the following:

$1BN + in Revenues Generated
60+ Brands Built
$100 million+ Funds Raised

Engager Global is a brand innovation and venture-building studio that helps alternative wellness companies accelerate growth and innovation. We employ a team of entrepreneurs, creators, and marketers to work alongside clients in spotting emerging trends, identifying new growth opportunities, and bringing new solutions to market. Our approach optimizes the agility of startups by facilitating rapid innovation and leveraging influencers of all levels to grow brand equity as well as revenues on a global basis.

Optimized For the Following Business Categories:

- Nootropics
- Adaptogens
- Functional Mushrooms
- Kratom
- Kanna
- Psychedelics
- Cannabis
- Alternative Wellness Therapies
- Alternative Wellness Retreats
- Biohacking products and services

Founder and Chief Revenue Officer

PLANT Entrepreneurial Institute

- Building a global online education platform specializing in courses for cannabis, psychedelic, and plant medicine businesses.
- Leading a team of experienced operators to create and deliver high-quality courses taught by industry professionals with real-world experience.
- Successfully launched the flagship course, the Cannabis Brand Accelerator, as part of the Cannapreneur Pocket MBA program, catering to the growing demand in the cannabis industry.
- In collaboration with Grupo Education in Puebla, Mexico, to ensure smooth functioning and growth of the platform.

Founder

Heavy Brands

- Owning and operating the Heavy Grass brand: cannabis flower products in California.
- Contribute to the development of innovative cannabis products, including small-batch, top-shelf cannabis and extract-infused prerolls, that cater to the rebellious and counterculture-loving metal community.

Board Member/Co-Founder

Bee-Nails, LLC

Board Of Advisors

Engager Brands

Engager Brands builds, owns and operates a portfolio of authentic cannabis brands targeting underserved demographics. We create, market and license our brands starting in California and then taking them throughout the world.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

PROHBTD Media

PRØHBTD Media was a global consumer goods and marketing company with a mission to lead cannabis from the black market to the supermarket. As PRØHBTD we built the largest catalog of broadcast quality cannabis video content, the largest cannabis multi-platform network and leading cannabis agency with 60+ brand projects. 

Our portfolio included lifestyle and wellness brands across hemp, CBD and THC including flagship icon PRØHBTD, Hempathy, Ceeby Dee’s, Hot Nife, The Patch Co., and Heavy Grass. We also counted exclusive partnerships in our arsenal including Global Licensing Expo, Advertising Week, Beanstalk Licensing Agency, and Postmedia.

www.prohbtdmedia.com

Chief Business Officer, COO and Founder

Soteria Intelligence

Soteria Intelligence is a social media threat assessment company that provides monitoring and consulting services to individuals and organizations around the world.

Advisor

Engager Digital

Engager Digital helps content providers grow and retain their audiences.  They also provide business development, sales strategy and digital marketing services.  A primary focus is on growing the overall businesses of media companies.  Engager also serves as a new business incubator.  

Client services include:

* Online video, influencer marketing and shopper engagement programs.
* Digital media strategy/business development 
* Online/mobile/social solutions for brands, agencies, and digital businesses.
* Application and site development strategy


Clients & Partners (Past and Present): Audible, St Martins Press, Simon & Schuster, Oyster, Mediakix, Prodege, Cakeworks, Juntobox Films, Creative Money Works, Scratch Music Group, Songbird, Lodgenet, I VOTE, Platinum Edge, Screenpush, Stauffer.

Creative Money Works

Creative Money Works' mission is to help meet the needs of low income children, work to create a better financial future for them and conduct research to improve financial literacy content for children.

Board of Advisors

Dather

Dather is a social media platform for event sponsors and organizers. Dather is now part of broader offering called Event Hub which offers white labeled end-to-end digital services and technology solutions for events.  The suite of solutions raise awareness pre event, engages audiences during the event, and provides a post event activation platform along with analytics.  

Dather also represents other cutting edge digital media services and technologies including a turnkey paid media solution that provides access to a highly engaged and targeted audience of 7.5M+ users on web and mobile.

Clients include: Samsung/AT&T Glee Live Tour, Jagermeister Music Tour, Remy Cointreau, John Lennon Educational Tour, Juntobox Films, Rihanna

Kieve is the co-founder of Dather and serves as the lead on all business development, sales, operations, product development and fundraising efforts.  He is also a Founder in the Founder Institute.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Do you want to unlock untapped revenue for your alernative wellness business or brand?
Are you generating over $1 million annually?
Do you want to 5-10x that over the next 3-5 years?
 
I run Engager, a growth accelerator program for alternative wellness businesses.  We partner with companies to scale their businesses exponentially and cost effectively.

Engager is optimized to help the following business categories: 

Nootropics
Adaptogens
Functional Mushrooms
Kratom
Kanna
Psychedelics
Cannabis
Alternative Wellness Therapies
Alternative Wellness Retreats
Biohacking products and services

After a collective 70+ years of building brands and businesses, our team at Engager is ready to leverage everything we've learned about scaling a company, its sales, and its funding.

We have collectively generated over $1 billion in revenues across cannabis, beverages, music, media, tech, and fashion.   We have built over 60 brands.

We can grow your current brand or partner with you to build you a new one.

Interested in learning more?

DM me or set up a Discovery Call via the link in my headline.

Kieve Huffman

HighDay

Leading the green revolution in digital marketing with HighDay, the premier AI Powered All In One Marketing Command Center crafted exclusively for plant-based businesses. My journey, rooted in industry experience, led to the inception of a platform that empowers green businesses to thrive amidst challenges. Every day with HighDay is about cultivating growth, fostering community, and ushering in an era where every day feels like Friday in the world of green entrepreneurship. Passionate about sustainable solutions and committed to helping our community harness the true potential of plant-based industries.

Co-Founder & CEO

Haze Brands, LLC

Chief Executive Officer

Purity Petibles

Hollister Biosciences Inc.

Co-Founder & Senior Advisor to The Board

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

YourWay Cannabis Brands

Co-founder of Hollister Biosciences which changed its named to YourWay Cannabis Brands.  Lead architect in company Go Public strategy.

Standard Cannabis Company

Hollister Cannabis Co

Hollister Cannabis Co.. is a California based vertically integrated cannabis company with a vision to be the sought-after premium brand portfolio of innovative, high-quality California-grown cannabis & hemp products. Hollister uses a vertically integrated, high margin model, controlling the whole process from manufacture to sales to distribution or seed to shelf. Products from Hollister Cannabis Co., include HashBone, the brand’s premier artisanal hash-infused pre-roll, along with solvent-free bubble hash, pre-packaged flower, pre-rolls, tinctures, vape products, and full-spectrum high CBD pet tinctures. Hollister Cannabis Co. additionally offers white-labeling manufacturing of cannabis products. Our wholly-owned California subsidiary Hollister Cannabis Co is the 1st state and locally licensed cannabis company in the city of Hollister, CA birthplace of the “American Biker.”

The Internet Titans

We create a cohesive online presence for our clients that will generate new and repeat business.  Our clients convert visitors into customers by being more visible with consistent, compelling design, high search engine ranking, engaging content, and sparkling reputations. 

Some of our services include:

Reputation Management: Do you know what is said about your company online? Do you have negative reviews or comments online? Negative reviews can damage business growth. Our reputation management service inspires your clients to build positive reviews for you. We also monitor sites for negative reviews and take action to get them removed. The ultimate goal is to have positive information about your business dominate the search engines.

Google Places Optimization and Search Engine Optimization (SEO): 97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Be there when they're looking for you.  Use Google Places for business; we optimize your business to show up in their top 3 results.

Mobile Websites: Customers are more likely to look for you by phone than PC.  The use of mobile devices is rising at a staggering pace. Your site must be mobile ready. We can convert your existing website to a mobile format that does not require an app and will only be visible on mobile devices.  Or, we can build a new site with a mobile version.

Social Media Marketing: Your business needs social media to connect with new and existing customers.  Be better than your competition. We will setup all of your social media accounts, design beautiful profiles and set your business above your competition with an action plan to get the most from your social profile.

Facebook Contests: We create and launch engaging Facebook contests.  Choose from a sweepstakes, photo voting contest, video contest and a review contests.  A contest on facebook can create a viral buzz about your business

Social Media Management: We can manage all or some of the social media for your business.

Director Of Awesome

C4EverSystems

Controlling cash in  the cannabis industry.
High-volume cash transactions pose potential threats. C4Ever responds with comprehensive control of cash from the moment a consumer makes a purchase.
 
C4Ever kiosks can be deployed as standalone consumer order-taking devices or integrated with leading seed-to-sale software solutions.
 
Every dollar is captured, secured and tracked.

Foolproof cash security
The C4Ever kiosk functions as a trusted consumer order-taking device. By transmitting each order to a budtender, who fulfills the request in real time, C4Ever eliminates the potential for cash diversion while speeding transactions.

Streamlined cash management
C4Ever kiosks eliminate major cash-management concerns by accurately counting every bill and determining its value, checking for counterfeit currency and returning exact change. C4Ever also provides real-time Web reporting. 

Full government compliance
C4Ever’s cash security measures provide mandated accountability. C4EverSystems guarantees to meet any future state or governmental guidelines for the distribution of medical or recreational cannabis. 

Enhanced consumer experiences
The C4Ever consumer experiences increased efficiency by ordering from stand alone tablets, POS stations with a budtender or the POS integrated kiosk, allowing multiple ordering points while accepting all cash payments at the kiosk through a high speed bill recycler that gives immediate and accurate change.

Our vision for the future
C4EverSystems seeks to foster the legitimization and success of the cannabis industry. Because cash will play a major role in the industry, we are dedicated to solving present and future cash-management challenges with our core technology. As banking regulations ease, we will offer dynamic solutions for credit and debit card processing.

President

Emergent Telecom

Created online pre-paid telecom retail website that allowed people to purchase prepaid wireless and calling cards with instant pin delivery.  Developed a wholesale distribution network of convenience stores throughout California that provided pre-paid telecom vending machines and pin numbers that allowed stores to sell telecom without having to carry inventory.

With a legacy of spearheading Hollister Cannabis Co. to the zenith of the California cannabis sector, I'm now steering the ship of the next big disruption: HighDay. Leveraging 30+ years of entrepreneurial mastery and navigating the intricate labyrinths of highly-regulated industries, I've envisioned HighDay as the answer to a multitude of industry challenges.

At Hollister Cannabis Co., I played a pivotal role in sculpting the brand, forming groundbreaking co-branding alliances, orchestrating an expansive white-labeling program, and, most importantly, comprehending and navigating the maze of state and local cannabis regulations. This voyage culminated in a triumphant public listing on the Canadian stock exchange in 2019.

Now, my compass points to HighDay – the unified marketing command center meticulously crafted for plant-based businesses. After nearly two years of development, we're on the cusp of unleashing a platform built by the industry, for the industry. A synthesis of innovation, precision, and an unyielding passion for the green revolution.

My personal journey in cannabis began with witnessing its potent medicinal advantages. This ignited my mission to elevate standards and provide unparalleled quality in cannabis products, supervising every detail from seed to shelf.

As HighDay emerges, our goal is clear: Empower the green growth, ensuring that for plant-based businesses, every day is indeed a HighDay. Join us on this exciting odyssey!

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