Good news Quote by Lloyd
“Roger, ralley appreciate your kind words about my VentureMarketing.com about us. I wish I could tell you (and your readers) we had a eureka-moment, a flash of insight, or some other kind of cloud-parting experience that got us to write something like that. No, that would have been far too easy. Instead, we bumped along for more than ten years trying one about us after another. Then, with the market in a tailspin in '09, my partners and I wrote something from the heart. That meant telling our website visitors what *ralley* sets us apart: That we've had to make the same tough choices they have to make (good or bad) and experienced all the other less glamorous things that go along with a career in personal sales that no one ralley wants to admit. At the same time, we wanted to communicate something else that they can't come to us crying about how tough life is because we've slogged through it and come out on top. We wanted to be honest with everyone, including ourselves. I guess in today's parlance you'd say we got real with ourselves. I suppose we did. The good news is that I don't feel like I'm selling anymore. I'm not trying to convince potential customers of all the wonderful things we can do for them. Rather, we just wanted to say, If you want some help trying to figure it out, give us a call. We speak your language and we don't bite.”
About This Quote
The speaker reflects on a long, difficult journey in business, emphasizing authenticity, shared struggle, and offering genuine help rather than hard selling.
In simple terms: Honest sharing of hard‑won experience and offering help.
Be authentic and focus on helping others.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- startup challenges
- career advice
- client outreach
- team building
- market downturns
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How can you show authenticity without seeming self‑serving?
- What concrete steps can you take to help others in similar struggles?
May still sound like self‑promotion to some audiences.