Dezzi Rae Marshall's Ink And Iron Agency

Dezzi Rae Marshall's
Ink And Iron Agency

Your expertise
is the story.

We make the market see it.

Strategic ghostwriting and content strategy for startup founders and industry leaders in the tech, real estate and mortgage industries.

RESULTS & RECOMMENDATIONS

Trusted by Professionals Across Multiple Industries
75+ LinkedIn Recommendations. Hundreds of professionals served.
One mission: helping experts become impossible to ignore.
The best measure of any service isn't what I say about my work;it's what clients say after we've worked together.Over the years, I've helped professionals, founders, executives, and industry experts strengthen their personal brands, increase their visibility, clarify their messaging, and create new opportunities through strategic content and positioning.The recommendations below come directly from LinkedIn and reflect the experiences of real clients across multiple industries. While every client's goals and outcomes are different, they all share one thing in common: a commitment to showing up, standing out, and becoming impossible to ignore.Here's what a few of them had to say.

SERVICES

Become Impossible to IgnoreThe best opportunities rarely go to the best-kept secrets.Whether you're a founder, executive, consultant, entrepreneur, or industry expert, your expertise has little value if the right people never see it.I help professionals turn experience into influence, insights into authority, and visibility into opportunity through strategic personal branding, thought leadership, and ghostwritten content.Together, we'll build a presence that attracts attention for the right reasons and positions you as the obvious choice in your space.PERSONAL BRAND STRATEGYA strong personal brand is more than a polished profile or a professional headshot. It's how people perceive you when you're not in the room.We'll clarify your positioning, identify your unique value proposition, define your audience, and build a strategy designed to help you stand out in a crowded marketplace.Ideal for:Executives
Founders
Consultants
Professionals in career transition
Subject matter experts
Ghostwriting & Thought LeadershipYou have expertise worth sharing.
The challenge is finding the time to consistently create content that reflects your voice and supports your goals.Through a collaborative process, I'll help uncover your stories, insights, experiences, and perspectives and transform them into content that builds credibility, trust, and visibility.Content may include:LinkedIn posts
Articles
Newsletters
Executive thought leadership
Industry commentary
Founder content
LinkedIn Strategy & OptimizationLinkedIn has become one of the most powerful business development, networking, recruiting,
and personal branding platforms in the world.I'll help you optimize your profile, strengthen your positioning, improve your visibility,
and create a strategy that turns your profile into an asset rather than an online résumé.Visibility & Authority BuildingBeing highly skilled is important. Being visible is essential.Together, we'll identify opportunities to increase your presence, expand your reach, strengthen your reputation, and establish you as a trusted voice within your industry.This isn't about chasing vanity metrics. It's about creating meaningful visibility that leads to relationships, opportunities, referrals, partnerships, and business growth.Custom EngagementsEvery client is different.Whether you're launching a new venture, repositioning your brand, building a thought leadership platform, preparing for a career transition, or looking for ongoing strategic support, engagements can be customized to fit your goals.InvestmentMost engagements begin at $3,000 and are customized based on scope, goals, and deliverables.If you're serious about building your visibility, authority, and long-term opportunities, let's talk.

SCHEDULE YOUR DISCOVERY CALL

Ready to write your next chapter?Whether you're building a personal brand, growing your visibility, launching a thought leadership strategy, or looking for a trusted ghostwriting partner, the first step is a conversation.Book a consultation and let's explore what's possible.

BEFORE YOU BOOKI work with professionals, founders, executives, and subject matter experts who are serious about building their visibility, authority, and long-term opportunities.Because every engagement is customized, pricing varies based on scope, goals, and deliverables. Most client engagements begin at $3,000.If you're looking for a strategic partner rather than a quick fix, I'd love to learn more about your goals and explore whether we're a good fit.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU BOOK

Every successful partnership begins with a conversation.Step 1: Discovery CallWe'll discuss your goals, challenges, audience, and what you're hoping to accomplish. This is an opportunity for both of us to determine whether we're the right fit for each other.Step 2: ProposalIf it looks like we're aligned, I'll prepare a customized proposal outlining the recommended scope of work, deliverables, timeline, and investment.Step 3: AgreementOnce you've approved the proposal, I'll draft a fee agreement that clearly defines expectations, deliverables, timelines, and responsibilities. No surprises. No guesswork. Just clarity.Step 4: Signature & PaymentAfter the agreement is signed and payment is received, your engagement is officially booked and reserved in my production schedule.This is the point where the project moves from possibility to commitment.Step 5: Kickoff & StrategyOnce the administrative details are complete, we begin the real work. Depending on the engagement, this may include strategy sessions, discovery interviews, content planning, brand positioning, messaging development, or audience research.Step 6: ExecutionWith a clear strategy in place, we move into creation, refinement, and implementation. Throughout the process, you'll have visibility into progress, opportunities for feedback, and a collaborative partner focused on helping you achieve your goals.Why This Process MattersProfessional projects deserve professional processes.The agreement protects both parties by ensuring expectations, scope, deliverables, timelines, and responsibilities are clearly defined before work begins. It eliminates confusion, creates alignment, and provides a roadmap for success.Payment formally activates the engagement and reserves dedicated time in my schedule for your project. More importantly, it signals mutual commitment. At that point, we're no longer discussing a potential project—we're executing a real one.This process allows me to devote my full attention to the clients I've committed to serving while giving you confidence that your project has a defined plan, a clear scope, and a strategic path forward.It creates clarity, accountability, and momentum from day one.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What exactly do you do?I help professionals, founders, executives, entrepreneurs, and subject matter experts increase their visibility, strengthen their personal brands, and establish thought leadership through strategic content, positioning, and ghostwriting.Whether you're looking to grow your influence, attract opportunities, build credibility, or create a stronger professional presence, my role is to help you communicate your expertise in a way that resonates with the people you want to reach.What is ghostwriting?Ghostwriting is the process of creating content on your behalf while preserving your voice, expertise, and perspective.Through conversations, interviews, strategy sessions, and collaboration, I help uncover the insights, stories, experiences, and lessons that make you uniquely valuable. I then transform those ideas into content that sounds like you and supports your professional goals.The content is published under your name because the ideas, expertise, and experiences belong to you.Will the content actually sound like me?That's the goal.The most effective ghostwriting doesn't create a new voice. It captures and amplifies the one you already have.My process is designed to learn how you think, communicate, and tell stories so the finished content feels authentic to you and recognizable to your audience.Why not just use AI?AI can generate content.It cannot generate your experience.It cannot replace your judgment, perspective, expertise, or lived experiences.While AI can be a useful tool, people don't build trust with algorithms. They build trust with other people.The most effective content combines human insight, strategic thinking, authentic storytelling, and thoughtful execution. AI may support the process, but it cannot replace the human expertise that makes thought leadership meaningful.How involved do I need to be?More involved than you might think, but far less than if you were creating everything yourself.The best results come from collaboration. I'll guide the strategy, content development, and execution while relying on your expertise, experiences, and insights to create content that accurately represents you.My goal is to reduce the burden of content creation, not eliminate your voice from the process.Who do you typically work with?Most clients fall into one of several categories:• Founders and entrepreneurs
• Executives and business leaders
• Consultants and advisors
• Real estate and mortgage professionals
• Subject matter experts
• Professionals looking to increase their visibility and influenceIf you have valuable expertise and want more people to know about it, you're likely a good fit.How much do engagements cost?Every engagement is customized based on your goals, scope, timeline, and deliverables.Most client engagements begin at $3,000.Following our discovery conversation, I'll recommend an approach and provide a proposal outlining scope, deliverables, timeline, and investment.How long does an engagement last?That depends on your goals.There is a minimum period of 3 months. Depending on your evolving needs, this could become ongoing partnerships focused on long-term visibility, thought leadership, and authority building.We'll discuss your objectives and determine the approach that makes the most sense for your situation.What happens after I book a consultation?We'll begin with a discovery conversation to discuss your goals, challenges, and objectives.If we're a good fit, I'll prepare a proposal outlining the recommended scope of work, timeline, deliverables, and investment.Once the proposal is approved, a fee agreement is signed and payment is received, your engagement is officially booked and we begin the onboarding process.Do you guarantee specific results?No.No ethical consultant, strategist, marketer, recruiter, or ghostwriter can guarantee outcomes.What I can promise is a thoughtful process, strategic guidance, professional execution, and a commitment to helping you present your expertise in the strongest possible way.Results ultimately depend on a variety of factors, including your goals, industry, audience, consistency, and willingness to engage with the process.

A NOTE FROM DEZZI

Most people don't have a talent problem.They have a visibility problem.For years, I've watched highly capable professionals remain overlooked while less-qualified people captured opportunities simply because they were more visible.The reality is that expertise alone is no longer enough.The best ideas, the best products, the best services, and the best professionals don't always win. The people who consistently show up, communicate their value, and stay top-of-mind often do.That's why I built Ink & Iron.My background in sales, marketing, public relations and recruiting has given me a front-row seat to how opportunities are created.
I've seen firsthand how visibility influences hiring decisions, business development, partnerships, referrals, speaking opportunities, and professional growth.Today, I help professionals, founders, executives, and subject matter experts turn their experience into influence and their expertise into opportunity.Because being exceptional is important.Being seen is essential.