Unveiling the Dynamics of Industry Events with April Hall: Networking Triumphs and the Evolution of Roofing

Discover the intricacies of organizing an industry-leading event as April Hall pulls back the curtain on the Storm Restoration Contractor Summit. In this episode, we navigate through the challenges and triumphs of hosting a conference that's as much about forging strong connections as it is about professional development. April sheds light on the excitement of securing last-minute sponsorships and the importance of delivering an agenda brimming with value, walking us through the event's plans for mixers and interactive sessions designed to enhance the net worth of every attendee through a strengthened network.

Experience the transformative power of networking through our recount of past events, where connections like the one with Glenn and Jen Silver catalyzed substantial industry gains and long-term partnerships. We share success stories of contractors who've leveraged these gatherings to achieve significant savings and professional growth. The episode also explores the evolution of the roofing industry and how embracing training and collaboration marked a significant shift from skepticism to progress, reflecting on the journey of creating a conference that addresses the need for standardized training and offers an intimate platform for development.

As we turn the page to a new year, we consider the power of subtraction in setting intentions for growth—both personally and professionally. Join us as we discuss the delicate balance between achieving professional milestones and nurturing personal well-being, the impact of role models and mentors, and the wisdom gleaned from industry experts. This episode serves not only as an exploration of industry advancement but also as an introspective look at how we can all reassess our priorities to lead more fulfilled lives.

Transcript

Ty Backer: 0:00

And we're live. Welcome back everybody to behind the tool belt, episode 2 1 0. Today we have another special guest. Stay tuned, we will be back after our short intro from our sponsors. So and we're back. We're back for another episode of our lunchtime Behind the tool belt that we just recently converted over to. We have a lovely guest with us, april Hall from storm restoration Conference contractor summit actually rather 20, 24 for a scotusk Texas. My, I'm having issues here. But uh, april Hall, how are you?

April Hall: 1:26

Thank you so much for having me staying busy. It's a new year, Um SRC is right around the corner next week, so it's kind of like running a marathon over the last you know, a few weeks up until the event.

Ty Backer: 1:38

Yeah, I can't even imagine the pressure, um, or the stress, rather, that you put on yourself, especially right after the holidays and stuff, and trying to stay focused and and making sure that this, this thing, comes to voice fruition for you, Um, so, so how are you dealing with that?

April Hall: 1:55

You know, I've been doing it for a long time, so you just kind of roll with the punches. You always get people in last minute. I had two sponsors come in about less than an hour ago and I was able to figure out how to fit them, and then yesterday night. So usually I have everything got off beforehand. But yeah, everybody's kind of last minute. So it's um, it's always a little bit stressful, but it all works out.

Ty Backer: 2:17

Right on. So what? What is your key goal for each event that that you host Like? What is your? What is your mission? What's your goal?

April Hall: 2:26

You know, each year I like to change up the event and really it's based on what contractors want to hear. So, um, you know, I always hear back from attendees and you know it's usually the top two things that they get out of. It is, it's no matter how long they've been in the industry, whether it's like maybe a couple years to like 15, 20 years. I always hear about like wow, that content was so great, I had no idea was going to learn that much. Right, I always hear back things and implement them right away.

April Hall: 2:52

I'm very big about value from the stage. And the second thing is the whole networking scene the vendors seeing what's happening, what's new with industry, what they can implement for different things in their business from the vendors, but then also bringing everybody together so they can, you know, network. So the last couple, a couple years, especially this year, I made sure that I've had networking each and every night. So it gives the opportunity to um, perfect, you know, combination of learning but also networking. So, um, each year it changes a little bit, but I love doing this and I love hearing back testimonies of how it helps contractors succeed.

Ty Backer: 3:28

Yeah, no, I like that, I like that. So fostering the networking and the collaboration you know among the the participants, both during um. You know the event, so give us an example of of the networking events that you have going on.

April Hall: 3:43

Yeah, so I like to. As I mentioned, I like to change it up each year a little bit. So, um it's January 9th through 11th for scotex's convention center. It's a fun area about 20 minutes from vfw's international, so it's a really easy place to get to from anywhere in the us. So we've got lots of contractors coming from all over. Um January 9th is kind of just a laid-back day. It's an opportunity to get to know everybody right away so you can start building relationships throughout the event. Um January 9th we have a few specialized workshop sessions, so it's kind of pick and choose what you want to go to, and then the vendor floor opens up at noon Till six and then we have a welcome mixer the very first day. You know four to six, so everybody can get to know each other right away. Yeah, yeah.

Ty Backer: 4:26

Go ahead, go for it.

April Hall: 4:28

The main stage is 10th and 11th and we have some amazing speakers this year on the 10th. Not only just do the networking just for VIPs a lot of conferences like to do that I'm doing it for everybody. So if you have a ticket to the event, you can come to the whole big SRC. You get together afterwards and then some of the vendors are included too, if you per vendor. So I bring everybody together. I've actually run it out. Main event in Frisco. It's going to be a lot of fun. You know, I tried it this past year at a different venue where I had, like the bowling, different games and I didn't know how I react if they'd actually use the different things. And it was kind of fun because it felt like everybody was like a kid in a candy store and everybody just hung out, they bold, they did some of the laser attack, all the fun games. So I said a different venue this year, but we're doing the same thing on the 10th and everybody who has the tickets invited.

Ty Backer: 5:21

Yeah, that's good, that's good. And I know some of the speakers, all of the speakers actually in the panels and stuff you know range from. You know you got John Sinek, you got David Carson, desean Bryant, ron Rice, eric oh Roofers and Recovery as far as keynote speakers go, and then your panels on the sales and industry experts and women's leadership panel and then Badger, the Steve Badger panel, which I think is becoming a thing here. I think I just saw Tim Brown do something recently too, so that should be pretty interesting. So, in terms of your content and speakers, how do you decide and or selected topics that are most relevant and beneficial for your conference?

April Hall: 6:08

Well, just being an industry paying attention to what's going on. You know, for years there's, you know, people like for the whole Badger, steve Badger one, you know I like an opportunity to bring people together to ask, answer some, you know, ask some questions that are really good questions for him, but also be able to answer it. So it's not like a battle on stage. It's not any type of a debate. It's real contractors, real PAs, asking real questions that we want to get the answers to. So what better to do than to bring them on stage and handle this? And I did it for the first time last year and it was very well received, and so I'm bringing it back. There's a couple of different speakers on there as well, and so it just really opens up for the industry to get those specific questions answered and it's a good, you know, dialogue. So I'm excited about that one.

April Hall: 6:54

The other one that's really new this year is the sales panel that's going to be kicking off on the ninth, and usually SRC is too big to do, like the Q&A sessions. It's hard to do that from the main stage. So we have this set up as a specialized workshop session on the ninth at 3pm, and so I'm actually like being able to allow the Q&A during it. So any type of sales professional you have questions for, you know the experts up there are going to be able to ask them, so I'm excited about that one. Of course, we have like over 40 speakers, so it's going to be an awesome event.

Ty Backer: 7:24

Yeah, for sure, for sure. Now, when I know years past, I think this might be our third or fourth year coming. I know Glenn and I came down several years ago. We met you. You are now today, husband met him for the first time, got to know you guys. Jen Silver actually met her for the first time too at that event. That might have been three years ago when we went down there, and I know what's that 2022.

Ty Backer: 7:49

Yeah, yeah, I think so. Yeah, it was good, that was in Texas too. I don't remember, was that Austin?

April Hall: 7:56

No, it was the DFW. Yeah, yeah.

Ty Backer: 7:58

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right. That's right. That's a cool town. I missed the. Was it the Brazilian steakhouse that was down there? Yeah, I think they were closed on Sunday, so Glenn and I were totally bummed out. But yeah, no, that was a good one. Like I said, I got to meet you guys and it was great.

Ty Backer: 8:20

I love how you have things kind of broken out and it's very unique, like the networking and then the way that you have things set up, especially on the floor. I know last year for us the venue was a great venue. We didn't have to deal with, like, the people on the docks, the unions and stuff on the docks. That was a big. That's usually a big nightmare for us. Now we've learned the rules and we've been able to learn how to play the game a little better with the unions and stuff.

Ty Backer: 8:52

But it's always a breath of fresh air to come to one of your events because the way that you manage it and the way that you handle it and present it to all of us it's in such a professional manner. You can tell this isn't your first radio and this isn't negative, but it's not like an IRE where there's just too much going on. It's hard to network, like you've mentioned so many times, because where Glenn and I had, when we went our first time to your event, we had brought home so much that we've been able to implement and still implement today. So, touching on that a little bit, do you have any success stories from contractors that you've heard, whether it was last year or years previous, that you would like to share with us?

April Hall: 9:41

Oh gosh, there's a ton of testimonials. I always hear back from contractors and attendees whether they'd be PAs that attend as well and other vendors that go to the show. I'm going to have adjusters that attend this show. It's pretty interesting because they always do tell me they learn a lot from the speakers, but they also learn a lot from each other, and so that's the magic of networking is.

April Hall: 10:06

And so this past year I remember when we had it in Denton, one of the contractors came up to me. It was his first time at SRC Summit and he just came to me. He's like thank you so much for inviting me and all the emails that went out. He's like I'm so glad I attended. He said I've learned so much already. But the biggest thing that I've learned so far is I've been networking with other contractors and I met this one guy and he told me that he got a better deal from his supplier. So I don't remember all the details, but long story short, he called up his rep or something. He said the volume that I'm doing right now, he's like I saved $100,000 going into the next year. So he was super excited. So it's not always about like, hey, you're going to learn from the speakers. It's about the networking and learning from each other, so I like to put you together.

Ty Backer: 10:50

For sure. That's probably where I learned some of Some of the stuff. Plus, do you? I mean, there's a saying, it's a your network is your net worth. So it's the sum of those that you surround yourself with in the relationships that are built I conventions, especially ones like yours, that are a little more, I want to say, intimate and again, I'm not saying that in a negative light. You found it in and I feel like that you've done such a great job of, between vetting and selecting your speakers, selecting the topics that are most relevant to the industry, and it seems like no one's really there to like pitch you on anything. It's like very educational and very informative, which, which you know, says a lot about you and why you do this. So let's talk about a little bit of like what. What inspired you to want to do this? Did you see a space or gap that needed to be filled in our industry?

April Hall: 11:42

Yes, so when I started this years ago, I mean I do have the construction background. Parents built custom the house when I was growing up and build a few myself afterwards, but I just started my first roofing and construction company college and so that was like learning as you go. Right, I worked with you different storms long, long story short is just at my business partner and I at the time we saw there was a huge need for our standardized training and industry and it didn't exist. And so we're like you know you're dealing with homeowners and you know business owners and you know you're restoring the biggest asset let's say a multimillionaire something yachts and stuff. You're in your home, your business, you own and gives your biggest asset. So there's a lot of training that needs to be involved in order to replace all that and make sure you do a good job. So we started the industry's first insurance restoration sales training back in 2011. And then it just started to grow from there and you know I started in Texas and I thought, wow, you know this is going to be obviously my target market. There's a ton of review contractors here.

April Hall: 12:45

But the thoughts in the way that people looked at training back then has changed completely to today was like we don't need training. It's never been done before. We learned from somebody else, right in a car, with Joe, you know, for three days, and there you go, you're trying, and so it was like a mind shift change. During that time, you know, contractors with said and they wouldn't want to share anything for the longest time, but once we got them to open up, they learned that, oh my gosh, we can actually learn from one another and we can help each other, right.

April Hall: 13:15

So then that moved into other things that I just thought like a huge need the industry or had profits and we'd spend a hot button topic. And then, just with talking with them, you know, on a daily basis, I just found out so many, you know, hot button topics and Points that needed to be addressed in the industry. So I was like, oh my gosh, like there's no conference for storm restoration, right? So like, okay, well, I'm going to start it back in 2013. And it started as a one day and it moved into a three day and it just kept growing and growing. So after a short amount of time, there was contractors, you know, flying in from all over. So I knew it was a scalable business and it was something that was needed. Yeah, for sure, for sure, and you do such a great job at it, and this is.

Ty Backer: 13:53

What's crazy is is that, as humble of a person that you are, april, whether you know it or not, you know most. You, you have more experience in our industry than most men do that are in our industry, and I'm not saying that because you're a woman, but I just wanted to point that out to people that you know you've been in this weather because I've heard your story. This time last year you're actually on our podcast and and through a previous marriage you and your husband had and a business and then you've owned a business and then you started this. I mean, you've been around the industry almost as long as I have.

Ty Backer: 14:30

Really good, yeah, it's, it's big. Yeah, for sure, for sure. And that and again, that's a true testament to what type of person you are, because you're not throwing that out there to like let everybody know we're poking them in the chest like, hey, buddy, you know I got more talent in my one small finger here when, when you really do and it's definitely obvious you know when you attend when your events. So, over the years, what do you think one of your biggest challenges have been hosting a conference that is so successful as yours, and to keep it going as long as you have, you know, ever since I started.

April Hall: 15:01

It was great when I started was the only one doing it right, and so there's now. There's so many different ones that you can choose from right. They're like oh, everybody has a roofing con. Friends are now everybody's a guru, right, so it's completely changed. And so they don't know you. It's kind of like oh, what's one of my going to pick? And I think probably one of the biggest challenges for me is that, like when I asked somebody to be on stage and speak, another conference will look at them and be like, can you speak on my stage to? And then, from a tiny perspective, they're like oh, it's the same conference and you know, there's really not much you can do about it. We're going to have a little crossover. That's fine, but each and every conference is different and so I do change it up quite a bit.

April Hall: 15:44

But yeah, it's a little bit, a little bit different. Like there's a roofing conference popping up everywhere now and then you kind of After a while you get lost in it like, oh, it's just another conference, right, you always hear, oh, it's conference. So yeah, I mean, you just got to look at it. Look at you know what you want to get out of the event. Right, would go into it with a goal in mind. Hey, if I go to something, what are some takeaways I'm going to look at getting? And just have that set up before you go. And then you know, meet your expectations by going. But research that person is doing it. Look at the speakers, look at what type of events they have going on. You know, be my mess. You know it's wise for picking one. You know there's a lot of great ones out there now.

Ty Backer: 16:27

Yeah, no doubt, for sure, for sure, and I think a lot of people try to, you know, follow your example as well. As Far as hosting such a quality, you know it's not about quantity, you're more focused on the quality of it. And and to keep that in mind, like you said, the speakers it's the same speaker time and time and time again. You know, and that's something even as far as something as small as our podcast, we try not to throw out the same content week after week after week after week after week. Now, is there some redundancy? Of course there are. Sometimes people have to hear things time and time again, anyhow, before they pick up what you're putting down anyhow. So it doesn't really hurt, but I used to get hemmed up on that too.

Ty Backer: 17:04

It's like God, we talk about leadership every single week and about the person, and it seems like the stories tend to Be the same. And that's kind of like why we do the way we do. It is. It's kind of live raw and on cut, you know, so then we can go down whatever rabbit hole we decide to go down, and then some are very intentional, like this you know SRC is coming up, april Hall. She's a freaking rock star in our industry. Let's get her on the show the week before, you know, and that and it just it works out perfect.

Ty Backer: 17:35

You know one to try to help you get out there, or two, we're sharing each other's stages right now, I guess virtual stages and and of course you know, I'd like to gather your following and hopefully you'll gather my following and we can collaborate and then and then we Can kick ass and take names next week at the show together, as we're going live and interviewing people and bringing you on and you and your husband, if you guys want to come on, I'm sure, because We'll actually be going live Wednesday at noon from Frisco, texas, from the convention center there Next Wednesday, so that'll be interesting too, but anyhow, finally, okay. So looking forward or looking ahead To the future, where do you see the roofing industry heading and what do you envision your conference evolving? How do you see your conference evolving in response to those changes?

April Hall: 18:28

There's a lot of changes that are happening in the industry and kind of touched on a couple years ago. You know things are changing like a lot. You have to go to conferences to stay up on on what is happening. We're gonna be launching your product, too, on stage on the 10th in the morning, so I'm excited about that. But before I get to that, you know like even like the right to repair you know that was been instituted in Florida and you know I can see that happening in a lot of other states With insurance companies, and it's not only just hey, you have to pick a contractor. I've heard that they've gone down to hey, they're actually choosing their own labor now. So if you're not part of looking for peace, things like that, it's it's just gonna change a lot. It's gonna for Bryce I mean, insurance companies are about, of course. They're getting harder and harder to work with and so on and so forth. So the industry is just gonna get a little bit more tough. So you got it. You got a pivot.

April Hall: 19:18

We talked about that a little bit last year and with Dave and I and our team, we started doing other type of claims I have a very high ROI and we started doing smoke claims from fires because David Carlson, my husband and who's the co-founder of evil view, created another technology software that can actually track or smoke goes from Forest fires any type of fires and it travels very, very far when it gets in your home it causes a lot of damage and it's very bad for your health. So we clean it. This year we have something else, a New product that's gonna be starting. We're gonna talk to some manufacturers about getting it put in into some roofing products, but it essentially what it is is it prevents fires from happening, so it's a specific fire retardant. So we were cleaning it up before, but now we're working on preventing them. So it's gonna be pretty cool or launching that as our scene next week.

Ty Backer: 20:07

Nice, I love that. I love that. I knew, I knew you guys were working on. What were you? What was it called ass?

April Hall: 20:14

Ask yeah.

Ty Backer: 20:17

That's how I remember that ass. That's one of my favorite words. You ask, right, but okay, so let's switch gears here a little bit. Let's talk a bit a little bit about, you know, personal stuff. It is at the beginning of the year here and I think a lot of people get hemmed up on Adding more shit to their plate you know as goals. That's great, all these goals, and let's add more shit to our chaos of our lives. So for me, personally, I think I'm going into it as what can I remove Opposed to what goals can I add? So I guess my goal would be you know, what could I remove? You know, whether it be negative people, whether it be a, a process that no longer works but we continue to keep trying to force it to work, or anything like that. What would you say? What would be a goal for you or something that you think that you might need to remove From from your life because it's a negative and you would prefer to start adding more positive stuff to your life.

April Hall: 21:13

The busy work that I take on myself, like I kind of perfectionist with certain things, instead of delegating Things that are pretty easy, I kind of tend to do that myself. So it was like that was one of my goals. Like, hey, you need to stop that because, you know, I really realized it's like and I'm known this for a long time but Family is so important and I just want to spend more time with my family. This year Just experienced a horrible loss and I'm never trying not to cry. My ex has been passed, and so I did tell my son about that and you know, you know, this funeral is this Saturday, so I've been trying to keep it together and and thank God, esther, she's keeping me really busy, but it really makes you step back and Reassess some things. So I haven't had a lot of downtime to reassess the goals that I want to do for 2024, because we're dealing with that, but it's going to be.

April Hall: 22:00

Number one is family time and not so busy to where I have to, like, say, I need to work and I'm not going to spend time with family.

Ty Backer: 22:08

I love that. I love that too. How do you plan on balancing your your professional and your per Personal aspirations and achievements?

April Hall: 22:18

hire more people hire smarter people.

Ty Backer: 22:24

Yeah, simple, simple answer, but very impactful, believe me. Believe me so who would you say? Some of your mentors or role models have influenced you in your personal professional life.

April Hall: 22:35

Oh gosh, role models I've always looked at. You know, my dad's a builder. My parents have worked together their entire lives, so I've always known him as, hey, they're entrepreneurs. I've grown up in the building industry so when I went to college I kind of wanted to figure out how I could start my own business and I think my dad was like, oh, just get a job, it's so hard, you know. I was like, no, that's not what I know. So I've always looked up to them, as you know. Hey, that's what they've done. I want to do that and be better. Of course, Jesus, you know his role model, my life, very big on going to church and surrounding my family with that and helps get me through everything in life.

Ty Backer: 23:19

Yeah, most definitely. I lean on him too, so don't be ashamed of that.

April Hall: 23:24

Never.

Ty Backer: 23:25

No, no, no, shame in my game when it comes to him. Is there any books or podcasts or anything like that you listen to or get sucked into, even if it's just for pleasure or not necessarily you know, learning or educational?

April Hall: 23:42

Yeah, so I've liked a lot of Brian Tracy's books. Got to know him a few years ago he's actually key noted at the SRC summit a couple of times, and then I went on to. I took one of his training courses and got certified to do a sales training. He's an excellent sales presenter, sales trainer, and so I'd like to read some of his books. I want to implement those things.

Ty Backer: 24:05

Okay, well, how has that impacted your life?

April Hall: 24:09

It's just made me a better sales person. Ha ha ha.

Ty Backer: 24:13

Right, you definitely are a good sales person. No thanks, you're just kidding, but no, you are, you definitely are, you definitely are. So how do you stay motivated and focused on your personal goals, especially during times of adversity and setbacks Like right now? You mentioned something, so how are you staying motivated? What are you doing to keep it?

April Hall: 24:33

going. I know that there's a lot of people counting on me, so that makes me push through. To make sure that you know, make sure that everybody gets what they signed up for, right? So yeah, I just I like to deliver. You know everything, you know, if it's promised, I want to make sure that I deliver it and do an excellent job at it. So if I want a lot of people, that you know I need to take care of it, and so this is very busy. So it keeps me busy and motivated, right.

Ty Backer: 24:59

Right on. I feel that. I feel that. So, reviewing last year, what would you tell yourself, your last year, self today, if you could've?

April Hall: 25:11

Hmm, that's a great question. I would probably tell myself not to be so hard on myself. I'm my worst critic because, like anything that I do, even if it's like perfect, everybody loves them was like oh, I could have done that better. So I think I just need to step back and be satisfied with goals that I've achieved and just look to grow every year. But yeah, I'm very hard on myself.

Ty Backer: 25:36

Yeah, yeah, me too. I am my own worst critic at times, you know and it's funny because I think a lot of people look at us, you know, as the leaders. You know we're the leaders, entrepreneurs and stuff like that that we're tough as nails and we have to portray that at a lot of times, even when we're not at our best, we still have to perform at least at 70%, right, which is usually better than most people's 100%, but, you know, but we have to suit up, we have to show up and, like you mentioned earlier, it's like, you know, there's so many people. You know families. You know whatever our family that that rely on us, you know, and we don't have that luxury, you know, to hide under the covers for the day or call in sick or just not deal with it. You know as much as we want to say to ourselves. You know, I just can't deal with this today, unfortunately, we signed up for this and we have to deal with this and like, right, right, and, like you said, you know not to take yourself so serious, right, and I think sometimes, because we feel like we're in the spotlight and we have to do everything, perfect, that we're so hard on ourselves, to critique ourselves and pick ourselves apart.

Ty Backer: 26:48

You know, does my hair look nice? Did I sound stupid? All those crazy things that go through our head? You know, especially doing the podcast, did I say too many ums ands? And you know what? I made a decision. It was probably about a week ago, because I was. I felt like I was procrastinating too much and I wasn't casting the vision soon enough for the team for 2024. And I thought to myself you know who gives a shit if it's January 1st or August 22nd. We've pivoted. It didn't matter what time of year, what day it was, and all this big hubbub over the new year. You know what's crazy. We get to wake up every single day to a new day.

April Hall: 27:31

Yeah, yes.

Ty Backer: 27:32

And get to decide if we're gonna change, make a difference, have impact, be an influence on somebody you know. And this leads into something. I had one of our salespeople sales managers actually text me. I was about a week ago, maybe two weeks ago. He texted me and he texted me and he said can I borrow some of your time? Later and I fired right back. I was like are you gonna be able to give it back? And it occurred to me of you know, time is something that we can't give back and how much time have I stolen from people and how much time have I stolen for myself, right, doing mindless things, whether it be scrolling on Facebook, surrounding myself around negative people? That's time that I'm not gonna be able to give back. So, moving forward into 2024, I'm gonna try not to steal people's time and if I do borrow some of their time, I want it to be as impactful as I possibly can be and as meaningful and as thoughtful. I actually wrote that down being thoughtful, being intentional and being emotionally present, because I can be in a room having a conversation with somebody and I'm doing this, but I don't hear a goddamn word you're saying to me and I have to stop. I have to learn how to be more present, more thoughtful.

Ty Backer: 28:55

We have Amanda who handles all kinds of stuff here for us and she is like our chief energy officer. I actually put that the CEO in my signature January 1st I think it was just a couple of days I put CEO in my signature and it's my job to create other CEOs within our organization or wherever I am at SRC, I am gonna. My purpose of going to SRC is to create more CEOs and that's chief energy officers, because I'm gonna be so full of energy when I'm down there that you can't help that, but but to be energetic around me because it's gonna be that contagious you know what I mean. Like, screw the negative stuff, screw the negative thoughts, forget the anxiety, the, the self-inflicted stress that I put on myself. It's like we've made it here every my life is exactly the way it is.

Ty Backer: 29:54

That I prayed for five years ago. Right, so I prayed for this five years ago. So here I'm gonna fill myself up with all this anxiousness, this anxiety, neurosis. I'm a very neurotic person, but I think that's why I get shit done, so I try to use that to my advantage at times. But but yeah, that's, that's my goal for for 2024 Is not to steal people's time but but to give value to that time that I'm borrowing from that individual or group of people. So, on that note, is there a golden nugget that you would like to leave our viewers with? Because we are at that 30 minute mark and I know you're a busy woman and I don't want to hold you hostage much longer, because I will see you in a week and I'll get your butt back on here.

April Hall: 30:42

We'll talk about how it's going well, first I want to say I like what you just said. That's awesome. The chief energy, sorry. That's great because when you were at SRC last year there was so much energy there and it was so fun and everybody loved being there, so you brought a great diamond.

Ty Backer: 30:57

But it goes like oh, this is gonna be great You're coming back.

April Hall: 31:00

You got the best spot. You're gonna bring a lot energy in. It just livens everybody up. So when you project that out, other people are like that around you. You have a good time right, and so, yeah, and time is very important. That's one thing. I couldn't agree with you more as time, right, you got to spend it wisely, right. You want to spend it around good people who are gonna be positive around you. Because you spend it with something negative, it's a negative situation or people. You can't get that back and it just it feels awful right, and so I don't know why do I want to leave people with? You know it's a new year, it's a new chapter. Like you said, every day when you wake up it's a new day. You know I'm thankful for the breath of my lung every day, lungs. Every day I wake up, say a prayer and I start my day when I go to bed, I say a prayer.

April Hall: 31:46

You know I would just be people and say hey, be happy to be alive, right? You know, be thankful each and every day. When you show gratitude and thankfulness, your life changes, um. You become so much more positive. You're better energy and and people can sense that around you.

Ty Backer: 32:04

So For sure, for sure. I like that. I like that people have two wolves in them. They have a negative wolf and they have a positive wolf, and today we choose to feed the positive wolf.

April Hall: 32:15

Yes.

Ty Backer: 32:16

That's right. That's right. Well, April, Thank you. It is such a pleasure to have you on the show. Thank you so much and I look forward to seeing you and your team down in frisco. Test texas. I am having issues with the word texas texas y'all. That's right. That's right. Well, awesome this has been so much fun.

April Hall: 32:34

Thank you so much for having me on the show and I can't wait to see you next week. We're gonna have an awesome time at src.

Ty Backer: 32:40

Yes, yep, look forward to it. Thank you guys, for everybody For watching again this week. Don't forget to like, love, share, comment Um, spotify, google play apple, play YouTube and, obviously, facebook and follow april hall. What's, what's the best way someone can get a hold of you, april or?

April Hall: 33:00

Com april hall. On facebook um. On instagram it's at src summit. Let's see linkedin. I think it's a problem. Let me check real quick. I like linkedin. I don't think enough people use linkedin. Why don't we're first? Here's my bias get on linkedin.

Ty Backer: 33:19

There you go, I like it too. I like it too. It's a different it's, it's a different vibe and different, uh, different culture.

April Hall: 33:26

I think yeah, it's april and paul on linkedin, so you should be able to find it. But yeah, I really like linkedin. You know facebook, it's src summit and um I g at src summit. But yeah, so highly one thing we first go to linkedin.

Ty Backer: 33:41

Yeah, there you go, awesome. Well, april, have a great day and I'll see you soon. Thank you for everyone for tuning in.

April Hall: 33:48

Thanks, bye.

Ty Backer: 33:49

Bye.