🌼 First day of spring, first flowers, plus my first speaker gig!


Hi Reader

I’ve been working on doing hard things.

Or at least hard things for me or things I’m scared of.

My entire parenting, homeschooling and business journey has been filled with them.

Designing my first website, designing my first client website, posting my first blog post, asking for my first testimonial, posting my first social media business post, the list goes on.

Yesterday, I mentioned one of my focuses this year was on writing better emails.

Another thing I’ve been working on is visibility.

It's hard to run a profitable business if you don't tell anyone about it!

Last month, I got brand photos done for the first time (still waiting for them to come back!).

At the beginning of this month, I applied to be a speaker at an online summit/retreat for the first time.

Today, I got the email that they accepted my application!

I’m thrilled and terrified!

Wish me luck and pray for me as I begin prepping for the event in May.

I’d love to know what hard things your working on in life or your biz.

Hit reply and let me know!

​

Cheers,

When you are ready here’s three ways we can help:

  1. ​FREE Website Prep Checklist: This checklist will help you learn all the things you need to get started on your first or next website.
  2. ​Design VIP Days: With our 1 Day or more you get our undivided attention on your business brand and web design needs so that you get online selling and serving as quickly as possible!
  3. Signature Design EXP: Our Signature Brand & Web Service begins with strategy and ends with a truly elevated online presence. We partner with only 1 client per month to craft a brand & website you can’t wait to share! Reply “Design EXP” and I’ll get you the details.

​

​

​

​

​

​

Brenda Thorpe​
Founder + Designer
Sisu Site Shop
​sisusiteshop.com​
brenda@sisusiteshop.com

*This email may contain affiliate links by which I may receive a small amount of compensation at no extra cost to you. Hopefully you will find them to be a great benefit. We only recommend products and programs we use and love!*

​

Sisu Site Shop

Hi! I'm Brenda. I'm the founder and designer of Sisu Site Shop a boutique brand, web, and course design studio where we help build calm and mission driven entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. I'm a homeschooling mom of 4 with a passion for reading and hospitality. I'm also wife to an amazing executive chef and reliant on Jesus for grace along the way. Follow our journey with our sometimes daily email where I share business, homeschool, and life insights plus quick tech tips.

Read more from Sisu Site Shop
Brenda Thorpe BossMom Virtual Retreat 2025 Talk wording and Speaker photo

Hi Reader Tomorrow’s the day my talk will be featured in the BossMom’s Virtual Retreat. It's called: Building a Business With Your Kids, Not Just Around Them. I’ll be popping in the comments to continue the conversation and answer questions all day. Hope to see you there!! bossmom.com/retreat Dubsado News As many of you know, I’m in the process of testing Moxie CRM and it's going great so far. There are a few features that I haven’t set up yet that are on my summer to-do list before I make my...

Cover image of new Living The Legacy Guide plus screenshots of the table of contents and 4 myths pages

Hi Reader Setting up MemberVault finally made it to the top of my to do list. It’s been a long time coming… Like 2 years+. I bought the lifetime plan back then because it was my favorite platform to be a student in. But for a number of reasons including: Moving 4 times, Unexpected deadlines for other programs I was in, Migrating my email from Flodesk to Kit (because of the direct integration), Starting a website update and not feeling it about halfway through, Finally getting inspiration and...

Brenda Thorpe wearing a bright green shirt

Hi Reader, I've been head down working on this first speaking opportunity all last week. Thursday, I turned in my video. Friday I finished my new guide and started connecting it all with MemberVault. And got my test to work this morning! I’m so excited to tell you more about the event—I’ll be speaking at the upcoming BossMom Virtual Retreat, happening May 12–22, 2025. And I’d really love for you to be there with me. This retreat was built for moms like us—the ones building businesses during...