Al is so excited about what he is reading about, again. I think he’s picked up this book a dozen times already, and he always seems to find something new inside to be excited about. With that in mind, we are going to host a book study club that will meet weekly on Monday evenings @6:15pm for about an hour – or more if the conversation keeps going.

The first book up for discussion is the exceptional work by Wallace Wattles “The Science of Getting Rich” we’ll stay on the same book for several weeks, so pick up your copy and join us on Mondays.

It’s the precursor to Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. The concept is really simple, and we tend to miss it in our busy lives, trying to orchestrate new things.

Together we’d like to journey into the concepts in the book, and experience bringing new things into our lives.

I would strongly recommend that you check out Dave Ramsey’s website at www.daveramsey.com.  This website provides tools that help people clear up their debt and build wealth in a very smart way.  I was originally turned on to Dave by my parents, which I will forever be grateful.  Dave teaches people how to be smart with their finances and the lessons that he teaches are some that I have taken with me throughout life.  In Dave’s words he shares common sense advice about life and money the same as your grandmother would teach.  Personally, I find myself learning and bettering myself just by using his materials.  On his site he has numerous tools such as financial wealth calculators and links to people that he trusts in different industries like real estate, life insurance and various others.

Dave Ramsey operates a nationally syndicated radio show called “The Dave Ramsey Show” .  On his show he answers questions from callers regarding their finances and life.  Dave’s story is quite an intriguing one.  He became a millionaire very early on in his life through the real estate industry and by the time he was 30 he had lost it all.  After that Dave started his own business on a card table in his living room by helping people clear up their debt and build wealth.  In the process he has become an extremely successful and respected authority on the subject of finance.  He also has designed financial education programs that have been utilized in many churches and other organizations as well as in schools all across America.   I would highly encourage you to visit Dave’s website at www.daveramsey.com.

“This post is by Rick Curtis.  Rick runs a personal development website which can be found at www.ricksdreammachine.com.  His site focuses on sharing messages and resources that are aimed at inspiring and motivating people to chase their dreams and follow their hearts.”

The InSights Group is all about spreading a message via social media. We’re also super excited when someone with drive and passion comes along. Meet Salathiel. She’s got a dream of a Steampunk Bookstore in Farmington Hills, MI, and she is making it happen. Demolition is well underway, and the bookstore will be opening in the beginning of October. We’ll be hosting a “steampunk bookstore warming party” as soon as she tells us it’s ready.

On October 1, 2010, I am opening Off the Beaten Path Books & Cafe, the first and only Victorian Steampunk themed book store in Michigan that specializes in new and used speculative fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, horror/mystery/thriller, and children’s books). The store is a literal and literary experience. There are several features of the store that customers can interact with.

For the more hands on types, we have a roster of classes and workshops from belly dancing and contact juggling to car maintenance for girls and how to create a steampunk outfit for $50 or less. There will also be live music, author signings and readings, poetry slams, children’s activities, and gallery showings in the space. Plus much, much more! We want it to be a kickass home away from home for the community. We are the anti-big box book store!

My original 1st pick location fell through, but I found an even better one and it has a cafe space already apart of the building. I wasn’t planning on a cafe, so I want to make sure that it gets the same awesome steampunk treatment as the rest of the store. We already have wonderful coffee (roasted at a carmelite monastery in Wyoming) and tea (Queen Elizabeth uses it at Buckingham Palace) suppliers and scrumptious nibbles. All we need now is you!

In the meantime, she could use a little help. Let’s show some social media enthusiastic help. There’s a pretty cool site that helps track donations for a cause. Check out the service while you are there, and support one of InSights Excited Entrepreneurs.

Who and what is a ‘retweet’? So-and-so just ‘retweeted’ this message. Why? How? What does that mean? Here’s a bit of info…

1. How do you know a retweet?
When you see “ “ before the tweet, that has been a retweet. After the icon you also see who tweeted the original message.

2. Why retweet?
If someone’s message out there is something you like, and you find neat or inspirational, it fits your thoughts or it’s worth spreading, you do the genial thing, and pass it on. You retweet it. (If it’s cool enough, it can get retweeted and reretweeted until all of Twitter knows!)

3. How do I retweet?
Under a person’s tweet, on the right there are two buttons. ‘Reply’ and ‘Retweet’. Click ‘Retweet’ and click ‘yes’.

4.What are the implications of retweeting?
If you tweet something, all your followers get it. If one of them retweets it, all of their followers get it…and so on, if the message is good enough.

Have fun, tweet and retweet with style!

The InSights Group works with entrepreneurs, small businesses and dental practices on successful social media marketing strategies.

How has business been lately? Everyone is talking about the current state of economy, the tough times; then scratching their heads wondering how to give their business a jump-start. Well… one of the best jumper cables at the moment is a well thought out Social Media Strategy.

Social Media has become a recent buzz term in the world of marketing. It is the process of letting people know about you and your business via different social sites by communicating with people, instead of talking at them. It is a powerful way of creating relationships. When used correctly, it is a valuable online relationship marketing tool that can get you substantial online traffic and attention.

What is your social media plan?

Find out how dental practices are successfully using social media for marketing to dental clients.

Watch this fun backstage look at Wine Library.

Here’s your not so subtle reminder that you need to read the book if you haven’t already. Do yourself a favor and order a copy today.

Now that you’re on Twitter, let your followers know where else they can find you. Include your website when you first make an account, or go to settings-profile-web and insert it there. This will make your website known to those who click to see your homepage, they shall find it in the right hand column of stuff that includes your name and location.

After that, make it official by clicking on the ‘goodies’ at the bottom of all Twitter pages and follow the instructions to put a ‘Twitter’ button on your website to make it easy for others to find you the other way around. Now you’ve just created a full circle for your clients, friends and family to find you no matter how they approach the Internet.

InSights is a group that works with entrepreneurs as well as small businesses and dental practices on how to effectively use social media marketing strategies.