Hi Reader,

"I'm an introvert, so I can't do live classes by myself."

That's a story I told myself once upon a time, and earlier this month, I proved that's WRONG. 😁👏🏻

My first ever LIVE 'class' (more like a live recording of my normal blog post tutorials, where you can hang out with me in the chat) went really well! I got a lot of excellent feedback from my members and in the chat during the live.

To be fair, while I am still very much an introvert, I've also had several YEARS of practice being live now, before doing one for myself:

• monthly live calls with Paige Brunton & her students since 2022
• live calls with my members in the Club​
• guest spots on various podcasts, IG lives, YT lives, etc

I'm much less nervous about them now, but when you do one for yourself, ya always wonder if anyone will be there with you and that part is always the nerve wracking part for me!

So THANK YOU to anyone that showed up and commented in the chat. 💛

The next series of YT lives I plan to do are on building a client portal in Kitchen, software walk-throughs, casual yap sessions, and more. If you have any ideas/suggestions, please hit reply & let me know!

The intended schedule will be Mondays at 11am, 1-2x per month, so keep your eye out for calendar updates!

🔔 UPDATES: Ultimate Client Portal System

6 new updates so far this month! - See full updates list here​

• New Lesson: Sync New Paid Service Appointments with the Portal + Create New Project Folders
• Updated Lesson: Video added for Booking Process Map
• New Lesson: Tips for Rearranging Items in the Sidebar
• Client Whisperer Available as a Claude Skill
• Lesson Updates: Mobile App
• Kitchen’s GDPR compliance updates
• more new tutorials coming soon!

With all the updates, the price is going up to $497 in July, so if you've been eyeing it, make sure you grab it now before the price goes up!

🔗 Check out the portal system course​

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ℹ️ ThriveCart launched ThriveAcademy ...& everyone's confused

​This YT video​ is a great overview of the new course & community platform, as released so far.

FYI: If you're a student of mine, we will be migrating you over to the new platform when I deem it ready for us!

BUT like many other people, he is WRONG in 1 important thing: existing Learn/Learn+ users of ThriveCart with a lifetime deal will NOT be forced to pay for access to this new platform.

Our lifetime deal access DOES map over to ThriveAcademy + the new quizzes & certificates features. If we don't also want video hosting via Academy, or communities hosted in Academy, businesses like ours can use our existing Learn/Learn+ lifetime deal features in ThriveAcademy for FREE. (no extra cost or ongoing subscription)

⏯️ ​See the Q&A replay​ from ThriveCart​

My first free LIVE on YouTube went really well! I went over my thoughts about Classic Editor for blog posts vs. Fluid Engine, and how to add, resize, and rearrange blocks in Classic Editor. I also did a mini-deep dive on hidden Image Block features that are only available in Classic Editor, and creating efficient blog templates.

​Blogging on Squarespace: A Guide for Using the Classic Editor​ Read / Watch Now →

⏯️ Recent blog post: Answering the question: should we list prices on our website?? And my opinion of common fears & problems related to it.

📣 Poppy AI is on AppSumo! Poppy's a whiteboard or mind map style tool that works completely differently than any other LLM I’ve tried & wherever you pull in AI chats on your board, you have access to multiple AI models from ChatGPT, Claude, Nanobanana, and more. ​Grab the lifetime deal* DEAL ENDS ~ midday June 11th!

⏯️ Using Stacks on Squarespace ​This video from Kristine Neil was actually really helpful in figuring out Sqsp intends for us to use the new Stacks feature in our websites!

⏯️ Having Fun is Not the Reward, It's the Method 🥳 In the Club this week, I shared an IG reel from @mynameisdeya that I NEEDED to share this week! Her premise: What if the reason your business feels stuck isn't that you're not working hard enough — it's because you stopped having fun? ​Check out the post (& the IG reel) for an injection of JOY ✨

That's it for now. Short & sweet this week!

See ya next time! 😁

Katelyn Web Designer & Educator ​Thrivin' on coffee, community, cursing & carefully laid plans!