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Marisha K.

Brand Strategy & Thought Leadership | Positioning, Comms, Publishing

Top-rated Plus freelancer with 100% Job Success, helping founders, experts, and organizations clarify how their ideas, expertise, and offerings are positioned, communicated, and understood in the market. My Value I don’t just create content, I bring strategic clarity to complex thinking. My work sits at the intersection of: • Brand and positioning strategy • Strategic communication • Knowledge architecture Many businesses don’t have a capability problem; they have a positioning and communication problem. They are: • difficult to explain • undervalued by their audience • competing on the wrong dimensions • not translating their expertise into perceived value That’s where I come in. I specialize in identifying gaps between: • what a business is • how it communicates • how it is perceived and closing that gap through clear positioning, structured messaging, and high-impact communication. What I Help Clients Do Clients work with me when they need to: • Define or refine positioning and value propositions • Turn scattered ideas into a clear strategic direction • Develop messaging and narrative systems that actually land • Build thought leadership, books, and intellectual property • Translate complex offerings into clear, credible, and usable communication How I Work With 15+ years across publishing, education, marketing & sales, business development, and executive communication, I operate at both: • Strategy level — clarifying what needs to be said, how it should be positioned, and why • Execution level — translating that thinking into structured, high-quality outputs My approach combines: • Strategic thinking (what and why) • Structure (how it’s organized) • Narrative (how it lands) This ensures the final output is not just well-written, but aligned, differentiated, and actionable. What Sets Me Apart Clients value my ability to: • Bring clarity to ambiguous or complex ideas • Identify positioning and communication gaps quickly • Structure thinking in a way that supports decision-making • Bridge strategy and execution seamlessly • Deliver work that supports real-world application, not just readability Selected Work Includes • Brand positioning and strategic communication projects • Executive thought leadership and long-form content • Business and leadership books and frameworks • Knowledge systems and educational program development • Strategic communication consulting (including work with Emerj AI) • Multi-format publishing (Word, InDesign, long-form systems) If you’re looking for someone who can both define the thinking and execute it at a high level, I’d be glad to collaborate.

🇿🇦Bloemfontein, South Africa$35/hr100% JSS5.00 (33)Since Jun 2021

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.8k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#25,441 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#141 / 2,548
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.3k

Last 6 months: $11k

World#18,056 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#101 / 2,548
Total earnings
$61k

Billed in all: $64k

World#63,983 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#324 / 2,548
Per project
$1.6k

$1.4k in the last 6 months

World#90,362 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#522 / 2,548
Projects, last 6 months
8

Across 9 contracts

44% fixed56% hourly
World#24,499 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#62 / 2,548
Projects in all
38

Across 48 contracts

50% fixed50% hourly
World#79,289 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#356 / 2,548

Earnings, last 30 days

$64.2k+$2.3k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$60k$62k$64k$66kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 3% in Book Writing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #21Publishing406 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 5%
  2. #22Thought Leadership Content258 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 9%
  3. #33White Paper340 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 10%
  4. #50Book Writing1,648 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #2Top 3%
  5. #50Ebook Formatting911 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 5%
  6. #54Content Development823 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #2Top 7%
  7. #56Book Design994 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #2Top 6%
  8. #58Communication Strategy731 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 8%