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Keef Course Case Study

Written by Isabel Carter | Aug 14, 2026, 2:41:47 PM
 
 
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358 budtenders learned to sell Keef

Onset time, dosing, and price per mg all come up at the counter. Keef built a ten-question Course on SparkPlug, ran it across Michigan, and had the reward budget claimed in under a day.

Michigan 141 locations Apr–May 2026
4.85/5
average Course rating from budtenders
358
budtenders completed the Course
99%
average accuracy across six quiz questions
56
retailers reached across the state
01 · The goal

Give budtenders the details that come up at the counter

Keef has been making cannabis beverages since 2010. When a shopper is weighing a drink, the questions are specific: how fast the effects land, how consistent the dose is, and how the price compares once tax is in.

Those answers depend on details that are easy to get wrong, like what microemulsion actually does and why a 12oz can carries less tax in Michigan than a competitor's 16oz. Keef wanted all of it in staff hands, not just on a sell sheet.

02 · The program

A ten-question Course, from brand history to the tax math

Keef built the Course on SparkPlug with video, product cards, and infographics between each question, then pushed it to budtenders across 56 retailers and 141 Michigan locations. It covers the founding story, the full Xtreme lineup, why beverages suit certain customers, how microemulsion keeps every sip consistently dosed, the 12oz tax advantage, and sugar content against the closest competitor. Budtenders claimed the full reward budget in under 24 hours, a clear signal they wanted to learn the brand.

Brand story
Knowledge check
How it works
89%
Budtenders gave it a perfect score

Nine in ten rated the Course a 5 out of 5, and 97% rated it a 4 or better. Mixing video and product graphics between questions kept a ten-question Course from feeling like homework.

03 · The outcome

Near perfect scores on every question

"Rate this Course"
5
 
89%
4
 
8%
1–3
 
3%
97% of budtenders rated the Course a 4 or 5 out of 5.
100%
knew Keef has been brewing since 2010
99%
explained what microemulsion does to the THC
100%
could pitch a beverage to a low-dose customer
141
Michigan locations reached
04 · The bonus

A free read on which flavors the floor actually likes

One open question asked budtenders to name their favorite Keef flavor. The answers came back as a ranked list from the people who recommend the product every day.

Cherry Cola
 
44
Purple Passion
 
41
High Octane
 
37
Bubba Kush Root Beer
 
26
Orange Kush
 
21

358 budtenders across Michigan can now walk a shopper through why a cannabis drink is worth trying, and they rated the lesson 4.85 out of 5 on the way out.

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