Media, podcasts, and stage invitations.
Jim Ng says yes to conversations where he can be genuinely useful to the audience, and no to everything else. The list below reflects what he has said yes to so far.
In the media.
The Straits Times
August 2026
My Second Crib: They own homes in Singapore. So why are they renting abroad?
ST's Life desk profiled Jim and his wife Catheryn's geoarbitrage setup: the Admiralty HDB flat rented out, the landed home in Gamuda Cove, and the numbers behind running Best Marketing Singapore from across the Causeway. The same feature also ran on AsiaOne.
Lianhe Zaobao
March 2026
婚姻与事业能否兼得？数码游民夫妻用人生做实验
Zaobao's family desk on the digital-nomad marriage experiment: how Jim and Catheryn structure work, travel, and the businesses around a life designed on their own terms.
CNA Insider, Money Mind
February 2024
#Adulting: We Want To Move Abroad But Can't Leave This Family Member Behind
National TV segment following the couple's migration decision as it was being made, and the tension between moving abroad and family in Singapore.
TODAY, Gen Y Speaks
I paid thousands to move my home-based startup to an office, only to realise my bedroom was better
First-person essay by Jim on moving Best Marketing out of his bedroom into a co-working office, and why he moved it straight back.
MONEY FM 89.3
Studio guest: Jim Ng Wei Da, Best SEO Marketing
Live business-radio segment on Singapore's money station, talking SEO and what it actually takes to grow a bootstrapped agency.
PR Newswire APAC
April 2026
Best Marketing Agency Pte Ltd Declares Traditional Marketing Roles Obsolete, Replaces Entire Account Team With AI-Powered Operators
The announcement that Best Marketing had replaced its entire account management team with AI-powered operators. Coverage focused on the operational decision and the early results.
Talks I am happy to give.
I prefer invited talks over paid speaking gigs. If the audience is right, I will come. If you want to invite me, use the contact form with context on the event and the audience.
How a bootstrapped Singapore agency crossed $33M in tracked client revenue without outside capital
For: Founder audiences, SME associations, business schools
The full arc from door-to-door sales to running six brands. What worked, what did not, and the specific operating decisions that compounded.
Why most SEO agencies lose their clients at month 8 (and how to fix it)
For: Agency owners, marketing leaders
The operational pattern behind retention. How to build reporting, onboarding, and senior review that turns a 12-month engagement into a 3-year engagement.
Replacing account managers with AI operators: the 6-month report
For: Agency, SaaS, and services industry events
The decision, the execution, the measurable impact on client retention, NPS, and margin. Honest on the trade-offs.
Acquiring a legacy Singapore brand as a live SEO laboratory
For: Marketing leaders, M&A audiences, founder communities
Why I bought a 37-year-old florist brand, how it doubles as the testbed for every agency experiment, and what other agency owners can learn from running their own test business.
Guest appearances welcome.
I enjoy long-form podcast conversations. I have been a guest on a handful of Southeast Asia business podcasts and I am happy to keep saying yes where the host takes preparation seriously and the audience would benefit.
I do not do pay-to-play podcast appearances. I do not do podcast tours. I would rather do one deep conversation than ten shallow ones.
If you host a business, marketing, or founder podcast and you want me on, please use the contact page with the show name, episode format, audience, and a few sample episodes.