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Marketing Services Overview

Your Framework for Clarity, Direction, Judgement and Leadership

Growing a business — or investing in one — often comes down to one relentless question: “Is our marketing set up to deliver predictable commercial impact?”

At VCMO, we structure our marketing services around how decisions get made, not just what work gets done. This overview helps you navigate our services based on where you are today, and where you need to get to tomorrow.

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Our Marketing Services for Ambitious Businesses

Every business faces unique marketing challenges. That’s why our services span strategic leadership, targeted analysis, and mentoring — giving you the right level of support, when you need it.

Below is a simple guide to help you choose the right starting point.

Free Marketing Capability Diagnostic

You need fast insight into your current marketing capability

✅ Our free diagnostic takes 5-minutes and gives you clarity on your marketing performance.

Marketing Advisory Workshops

You know the issue but need strategic direction

✅ This service helps you decide what to do next — finite, focused, and senior-level.

Internal Marketing Performance Audit

You’re unsure whether existing marketing is performing

✅ This provides internal clarity and confidence, so you can decide the right next step.

External Marketplace Analysis

You’re uncertain about the market or opportunity

✅ You need to understand the external landscape before committing time, money or leadership.

Marketing Due Diligence (Private Equity Investors)

You want to evaluate marketing capability pre-deal or pre-exit

✅ For validating growth credibility before capital is committed.

Marketing Mentoring for Top Talent

You're carrying decisions without a senior peer

✅ Designed to support leaders making judgement calls under pressure.

Fractional CMO Leadership

You need someone to own & lead the marketing function

✅ For when the business requires embedded leadership, accountability and long-term direction.

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How Our Services Work Together

VCMO's marketing services are designed not as a menu, but as a sequence of clarity and action:

Clarity → Understand the landscape and performance: Market Analysis & Marketing Audit

Direction → Decide what to do: Marketing Advisory

Judgement → Strengthen leadership decisions: Marketing Mentoring

Ownership → Provide sustained leadership: Fractional CMO

Each route exists to answer a distinct set of questions — and the output of one often determines the next.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Our process begins with a no-obligation consultation to get clarity on your marketing situation to:

  • Understand the landscape
  • Verify internal perfomance
  • Decide what to do
  • Strengthen judgement
  • Embed leadership where needed

Why Businesses Choose VCMO

We are not a set of disconnected marketing services — we are a leadership ecosystem.

Our difference:

✅ Chartered, Fellow-level marketing leadership

✅ Transaction and investment experience

✅ Strategic and operational fluency

✅ Senior decision support as well as delivery capability

✅ Independent, evidence-based processes

Our project was to create a top-level marketing strategy which, once built, we could drive forward ourselves. And I can honestly say the work has been transformational for Yellowtail. After each workshop with VCMO, both Dennis Hall and I would be amazed at how much we'd achieved. We worked hard! But the results are worth it.

Sarah Steele
Operations Director, Yellowtail Financial Planning
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Shout out to Paul Mills who bravely took on running a positioning workshop with us yesterday. Is there anything harder than doing the thing your client does for others for them?! Great work. Really thought provoking, and so important to have facilitated by someone with an external perspective!

Bryony Thomas
CEO, watertight business thinking

Paul is a professional strategic marketeer who is able to apply his expertise with marketing budgets large and small. The commercial impact of Shaw & Co's rebrand, which was initiated, designed and implemented by Paul, has been to differentiate us positively in a sector where few have succeeded. He delivers what he promises, on time and on/under budget, to a high quality. Paul made a positive impact on our business that will last.

Rod Leefe
chair, shaw & co

VCMO's audit brought clarity to a complex set of challenges. They cut through the noise and delivered a clear, prioritised roadmap that we could act on immediately. Their ability to engage across teams and translate insight into action was exactly what we needed.

Dr. Ross Burn
Co-founder, Catsci limited  
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Lydia possesses a deep understanding of marketing strategies and has consistently delivered exceptional results. Her ability to analyse market trends, create engaging campaigns, and drive customer acquisition is truly impressive. Her dedication, attention to detail, and strong communication skills make her an invaluable asset to any organisation. I cannot recommend Lydia enough for her expertise, professionalism, and exceptional work ethic.

Alan Leckey
Business Consultant, CCO - the Collaboration Company  

Paul Mills wasn't just an outsourced marketing leader — he was a mentor. His support helped me enhance my technical marketing skills and shape a more strategic mindset, as well as build my  confidence with senior leadership and deliver higher-impact work. He is dependable and skillful, and his guidance has made me feel more capable and prepared for future challenges.

Caitlin Daniels
marketing manager, catsci limited
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VCMO brings knowledge, insight and practical experience to the table, but also something else, which is quite rare, the unwavering commitment to finishing the job without compromising on the quality of the output. Their work for Yellowtail has been exemplary and we're seeing the results already.

Dennis Hall
founder, yellowtail financial planning

Ruth brought great experience and insight to my firm over many years. Her considered and thoughtful approach to problem solving are a real strength and her experience of marketing and business development in the legal sector was invaluable.

Gavin Tyler
Managing Partner, Cripps

VCMO helped us think beyond our capabilities and reframe how we communicate the true value of what we do. Paul's workshop unlocked fresh ideas resulting in a more strategic approach to our content plan and go-to-market materials. The quality of the output and power of the messaging is really impressive.

Peter Ridgway
Business Development Director, Reach Separations
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VCMO has been instrumental in reshaping how we approach marketing at Lucent. Their strategic clarity, attention to detail, and ability to deliver at pace have been exceptional. Paul's embedded himself seamlessly into the team and quickly earned trust — not just from me, but from our wider staff and partners. The website and content strategy he led have already started delivering results, and I now feel far more confident in how we grow the business over the coming years.

Steven Rowe
Founder - Lucent Financial Planning
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VCMO helped me find the words and structure to communicate what I do — and who I do it for — in a way that finally connects. I’ve had more inbound enquiries since the website relaunch than in the previous two years.

Lee Spencer
aka The rowing marine
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