Ep. 32: April Vokey of Anchored Outdoors
Season 2
Episode 32
In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast, Travis speaks with BC born fishing legend April Vokey about hosting her own TV show, working with MeatEater, and her latest community project for hunters, anglers and foragers called Anchored Outdoors.
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Topics discussed in this episode:
- Intro [00:00:00 - 00:03:05]
- How April turned her passion into a multimedia empire & community [00:03:05 - 00:05:53]
- Humble beginnings & growing a following [00:05:53 - 00:11:45]
- Women in the commercial guiding fishing industry [00:11:45 - 00:16:15]
- Insecurities, being headstrong & school of hard-knocks [00:16:15 - 00:21:21]
- Marketing the brand [00:21:21 - 00:25:21]
- The story of Martin, perseverance & dedication [00:25:21 - 00:30:37]
- Not being constrained by the business being built [00:30:37 - 00:35:37]
- Including family in the building of brand [00:35:37 - 00:36:47]
- How April jumped from guiding into being on TV [00:36:47 - 00:42:23]
- What April see’s as Anchored Outdoors Future [00:42:23 - 00:45:53]
- April’s advice to anyone looking to build their passion into a business [00:45:53 - 00:52:38]
- Outro [00:52:38 - 00:53:32]
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