The Visionary

Our guest today is Jean from Ginball Digital Marketing, a digital marketing and social media agency and consultancy servicing startups and small/mid-sized businesses. Jean is a best selling author, award winning entrepreneur and digital marketing expert.

In this episode, Jean shares how being an expert digital marketer allows her to start many businesses and grow them quickly. She then shares about the early days of Ginbal...

Our guest today is Eugene from HighSpark, a presentation storytelling and training agency. HighSpark offers training and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and financial institutions. In 2020, Eugene was listed in Forbes' 30 Under 30.

In this episode, Eugene shares how HighSpark started while he was still in school and how he acquired clients in a market that was not problem aware. He shares how h...

Our guest today is Jan from OpenMinds, a marketing technology startup that went from zero to millions in valuation in just 3 years. In 2017, Jan was named Forbes 30 under 30. Starting at the age of 17, he has bootstrapped and built 7 companies across different industries before founding OpenMinds.

In this episode, Jan shared how OpenMinds started out as a job recruitment portal and how it pivoted to digital marketing. He shared how ...

In this episode, I speak with Lex, founder and CEO of Bountie, a platform that empowers gamers to earn a living from gaming. Before founding Bountie, Lex ran digital agencies and e-Commerce businesses and had a successful exit.

Lex started off sharing how he got into his first few businesses and what made him transition from the agency business to the startup world. He then spoke about Bountie's ICO, what he did wrong...

In this episode, I speak with Dr Michael Bryant, founder of Elite Spine Centres, a Chiropractic clinic combining Chiropractic care, advanced therapeutic technologies, rehabilitative exercises and customised nutritional and lifestyle coaching.

After passing the Medical College Admissions Test, Michael decided against becoming a medical doctor and instead pursued an education in Chiropractic. He shared how he started Elite S...

In this episode, I speak with Zi Qian, founder and CEO of Intelllex, a legal-tech startup helping professionals spend lesser time looking for documents and retrieving knowledge.

Zi Qian started off sharing how his experience as a lawyer led to the founding of Intelllex and how he put his team together to found the company. He shared how Intelllex is changing the way professionals are retrieving data with their search engi...

In this episode, I speak with Roger, Founder and CEO of Clozette, a visual-centric women social network. Roger is also the co-founder of ViSenze and 6Estates.

In the first part of the episode, Roger shared why Clozette is the most exciting business he's involved in. We discussed the chicken and egg problem that the social network had to overcome in the early days and how Clozette is built in a way that it will remain relevant, ...

In this episode, I speak with Charina Widjaja, founder of DFW Creative, Geekzilla and Digital Fashion Week.

Charina shared how she started DFW Creative marketing agency and launched Digital Fashion Week as a means to validate and prove her company’s abilities. The innovative global campaign went on to reach more than 500 million eyeballs and attracted major brands and designers around the world. She also shared how DFW Creatives gre...

In this episode, I speak with Chris J. Reed from Black Marketing, a LinkedIn Marketing Agency. Chris is the world's Number 1 recommended LinkedIn Expert and an author of 4 international bestselling books.

Chris explains how LinkedIn is the best platform for B2B selling and the exact steps to be successful with this powerful network. He shared how businesses can use data to target the right people, and how entrepreneurs can stan...

In this episode, I speak with Will Lee from That Marketing Guy, a full service marketing firm that works with major organisations like Tower Transit Singapore, 7 Eleven, True Fitness and NTUC to name a few.

Will started off by sharing how TMG’s unique proposition is being a generalist, and how that gives them an edge for specialists. He recounted how they used to knock on doors for sales in the early days of the company and how that...

In this episode I have the honour of interviewing Pradeep, CEO of Stan Ventures and Neil Patel Digital India. Stan Ventures is one of the world's largest SEO agency with over 250 employees

Pradeep shared how he started Stan Ventures with his brother 11 years ago and how they started acquiring clients in the US when they had no credibility. He shared how businesses in competitive fields can scale and how they utilised resellers ...

In this episode, I speak with David from Physio 101. Physio 101 is a Physiotherapy clinic based in Singapore's Central Business District

David shared why he decided to leave his previous clinic and start out on his own, and the difference in being just a practitioner and a businessman.

We discussed the clinic's marketing strategies and the clinic's philosophy in prioritising patient care over everything else. David als...

In this episode, I speak with Geoffrey from Relationships Mastered. Relationships Mastered is a relationship and marriage coaching program for men.

Geoffrey shared how the business generated no sales for the first two years and how he turned the business around to reach $40,000 monthly with a 90% profit margin. He shared how he uses YouTube to drive sales, his YouTube SEO strategy and his sales funnel. We discussed how mentors helpe...

This week I spoke with Marine, Founder of Absolute PR, a leading boutique PR agency in Singapore.

Marine founded Absolute PR 15 years back and has gone on to work with more than 300 brands. In this episode, she shared how the landscape of the PR industry looked like 15 years ago and how she started the business. We discussed the importance of focusing on delivering value while being less concerned about closing the sale, and how tha...

This week I spoke with Nazerah, CEO of Exzma Skincare.

In this interview Nazerah shared how Exzma Skincare started while she was still in a full time executive, a Chief Marketing Officer. She shared exactly how she turned something she found beneficial for herself into a product that is now sold internationally. We discussed the challenges of selling internationally and the difficulties of managing cash flow in an online store that ...

This week I spoke with Ange Dove from Proof Perfect. Ange started Proof Perfect almost 20 years ago when copywriting was not a known service in Singapore yet.

Ange shared how she first started acquiring clients at a time when businesses didn’t know what copywriters are. She gave practical advice on selling to MNCs and tips on managing client delivery. We also discussed how Proof Perfect grew beyond what she wanted, and how she lever...

This week I spoke with Jason, Managing Director of Bespoke Marketing Global, the World’s leading audio branding agency.

Jason started BMG 13 years back and has since gone on to help more than 13,000 companies in 22 countries transform their caller experience. We spoke about the founding of the company and how they acquired clients in the early days. He shared how BMG went from a local company in the UK to a global brand. We also dis...

This week I had a chat with Michael, Managing Director and Owner of Auston, Singapore’s  and Sri Lanka's leading engineering school for private education.

Private education in Singapore is a competitive space. Brands like SIM, Kaplan, MDIS have big marketing budgets and are almost the default choice for students. We spoke about how Auston sets itself apart and expanded into developing markets. We also discussed overseas expansi...

This week I had a chat with my business advisor, Jake of Lead Cookie, a done-for-you LinkedIn lead generation agency, and Content Allies, a content marketing agency.

Jake started Lead Cookie a few years back and grew from $0 to $33,000 in MRR within just 6 months. We spoke about building a personal brand and how it played a big part in his early success. He also shared about his experience trying to sell Lead Cookie. We discussed sa...