I was recently interviewed again by Mr. Lee Yon Onn from GrandPine Capital. We chatted for more than one hour on AI, data, and marketing-related topics, and you can watch the 2-part video below:
Part 1 Video:
Highlights of Part 1:
- When AI makes content generation effortless, what truly sets you apart is the brain, creativity, and strategy behind the tools.
- Large platforms are “shopping malls”’” for acquiring public traffic, but building your own “private traffic”’” is the real key to controlling customer data and achieving deeply personalized marketing.
- From AI-generated content to “one-to-one” personalized interactions, all marketing technologies ultimately point to one core question: how to use data to build unshakable trust with customers.
Part 2 Video:
Highlights of Part 2:
- Digital marketing is not just a “traffic game,” but a long-term effort to build brand trust.
- When should a company “let go and invest in marketing”? Serm Teck Choon: Start with a good product first, then talk about AI and data integration.
- Data size ≠ business impact. What truly matters is average order value and repeat purchase rate.
- Use AI to optimize the marketing funnel—from acquisition to data nurturing—so that every dollar of ad spend becomes more accountable and precise.
- From short-term traffic to long-term trust: How can brands maintain brand authenticity in an AI era where truth and falsehood are increasingly hard to distinguish?

