Native+ Marketplace will officially launch and business owners across Arizona, and nationally, will be connected to one another. Utilizing SmokeFire Media’s proprietary Cultural Manifesto process, the Native+ community seeks to create and continually refine what it means to innovate from a cultural lens.
“Native+ is more than just a marketplace; we’re going to define a cultural marketing industry standard across world,” Founder and CEO Amanda June explains. “Setting this standard is only the first crucial step in a long journey of reconciling marginalized voices with the mainstream media and the public at-large.”
The past year has been a clear wake-up call for many businesses to further improve their diversity, equality and inclusion efforts, but that just isn’t the case for SmokeFire Media. Since its inception nearly a decade ago, SmokeFire Media has been a pioneer in intertwining culture into business. Now, the woman-of-color-owned company is launching Native+ Marketplace as its newest innovation in the tech realm.
Native+ is the tech solution to bridging the cultural and digital gap. Indigenous and Latinx businesses are large economic drivers for their tribes, surrounding communities, and nationally, yet face many obstacles such as a lack of representation, recognition and cultural awareness. Indigenous and Latinx business owners, freelancers and consumers will find Native+ caters to their needs and doesn’t separate their culture from their business. Native+ is a celebration of culture.
June states, “Imagine a place where culture meets the digital world, and community is brought together through a platform designed to bring their voices to the forefront leveraging creative talent across the globe. Native+ will be that platform. We’re like Fiverr, but for the culturally competent marketing space; connecting buyers with cultural designers and professionals to hire for their projects, in an online marketplace driven by our users and tailored to community needs.”
SmokeFire Media is an award-winning, culturally competent marketing, PR and advertising “un-agency” based in Phoenix, AZ. Focusing on Native American and Latinx markets collectively, we are a nerdy, but stylish, group of creative influencers and visionaries, fueled by a socially conscious mission to bring media best-practices to the people that need it most.
We believe all voices matter; too often those without the means to project theirs, are lost among the noise. We bring the under-communicated to the forefront using marketing and media best-practices in a digital generation. We help businesses scale engaged audiences, grow sales, and implement culturally competent marketing strategy using our signature Cultural Manifesto and Native Brand Accelerator methodologies.
SmokeFire Media brands include: The Visionary Business Magazine, Indigenous Resource Group, Woven Women Network, Native Brand Accelerator, and Native+ Marketplace.
