Best practices to tell stories through
the voice of your customers
by Paul James Mills

What you'll discover
when watching Paul's story
- How did Paul get into marketing and become a chief marketing officer?
- What are Shaw & Co's ideal customers?
- How to prioritize your target niche market if your company deals with several industry sectors?
- What is VUKA, and how is it related to marketing?
- A story of Shaw & Co's CBILS support service launch during the pandemic (COVID).

Meet Paul James Mills - Chief Marketing Officer @ Shaw & Co
Paul James Mills is the chief marketing officer of Shaw & Co, a consultancy enterprise helping UK SMEs with funding, buying, and selling businesses.
With deep knowledge and expertise in the UK laws and regulations, financial, and professional services market, Paul can help organizations grow and level up their marketing and sales results.
“I have an entrepreneurial mindset and typically thrive in ‘VUCA’ environments where there is autonomy to innovate, think like a customer, and introduce agile working. I tend to ‘zig’ when my peers’ zag’.” – Paul James Mills.
Check out Paul's thoughts on digital marketing
About how sales and marketing can work together to achieve business objectives, Paul shares:
"Sales & marketing must share the same vision, purpose, and goals and work collaboratively to share market intelligence. If you lack a symbiotic relationship, you will fail."
Paul James Mills Tweet
He also shares how to use marketing to build customer engagement:
"Engagement is created from having a value proposition that is so compelling that customers autonomously have the desire to engage and consume the product or service being marketed."
Paul James Mills Tweet
incorporate the right tone of voice into writing?
"The tone of voice must come from deep within the brand persona and be conveyed consistently across all written touch points."
Paul James Mills Tweet
Get exclusive business growth tips from our top thought leaders
Subscribe and get weekly tips on growing your successful business.