Work At Home Guide - Review

By Colon Bolden

The Work At Home Guide is the largest, most up to date directory available today. A lot of people have not heard of this guide which has over 5,100 work at home jobs listed. Lets take a look at this guide.

With all the job listings in this guide, you get complete contact information for each of these work at home companies that includes addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or direct links to their websites. They are constantly updating and reviewing directories to provide you the most up to date listing available which are:

- Over 800 computer jobs as a computer analyst, computer programmer, calligrapher, internet consultant, computer instructor, software engineer, computer research, systems analyst, webmaster, word processing, technical writing, keyboarder, order processing, data entry, surf the web, data base management and drafter.

- Over 500 clerical jobs include typing, data entry, secretarial, word processing, desktop publishing, freelance writing, scheduling, administrative assistant, bookkeeping, order entry, data processing, transcription, translation, proofreading, editing, telemarketing, claims processing.

- Over 200 assemble products at home include assembling circuit board, electronic machines, jewelry, holiday ornaments, toys, bookmarks and various other arts and crafts. Sew or embroider sweaters, socks, caps, oven mitts, baby bibs, appliance covers, placemats, duffle bags, medical scrubs and more. Hand painting, sanding, shaping and assembling wooden jewelry boxes, coasters, bookends or toys.

- Over 400 envelope stuffing at home opportunities.

- Over 500 online opportunities that have virtually unlimited income potentials.

The Work At Home Guide was created after months of trying to locate work at home businesses. The main reasons why it was invented because they found that 99% of the so called "legitimate" ads people responded to were worthless. They would either misrepresented, omitted, had impossible requirements, or required needless additional investments.

About the Author:

Colon Bolden is a top internet marketer in the home business industry. He has the knowledge working with other online marketers around the globe. Colon Bolden truly devotes his time, energy, and effort into making sure his team of professional marketers experience the success online that they truly deserves. Visit Colon's one of a kind home business website.

Use a Creative Logo Design in Your Small Business Marketing

By Caressa Waechter

A graphically designed symbol that represents a company, and sometimes and individual, is called a logo. Great care is taken in its design so that it properly represents visually what the company (or person) does and/or is about. It is used in marketing and branding of the company, to further recognition of the organization.

As part of a branding, or marketing, program, your logo works as a visual memory aid for consumers to remember your company. People will generally remember a something better visually if it consists of something other than just plain text, which is why a logo is a great way to get people to instantly recognize your company.

Making a name for itself is something that a small business must work at doing, and a graphically designed logo will help do this. That is why getting a logo created for your company is one of the important steps you will take in marketing your business.

For a business entering an innovative market, or wanting to sell a unique product, a high-quality logo is a vital marketing tool. Leading edge companies use them to help explain what they are all about, while new companies use them to gain brand recognition.

Because a logo represents your company and your product, it has to be gotten right the first time around. If down the road you find that the logo you chose is the wrong one for your business, you are going to have a hard time re-branding your company. This is why you need to take logo design seriously.

Because of the important role it plays, the logo you decide on should strongly represent your company and your products. The design should be as valid in 10 years as it is today, and it should quickly and clearly show what your company represents, so your target market "gets it" right away.

A logo can be more than just a graphic design. It can also have a phrase that is catchy, and may include the name of your product or company. When the logo is designed correctly, it shows your potential customers that you company can be a trusted partner.

A logo designer that knows what they are doing can communicate your company's character and personality, making customers want to do business with you. The better your logo design, the better chance of you winning customers and having a successful business.

About the Author:

Caressa Waechter is a small business owner and feels strongly about using graphic design logos to brand your company. Learn more about getting your own corporate logo design by visiting her website.

Quality Manual for ISO 9001:2000 Standard

By Mark Kaganov

A quality manual is the main, top-level document of a quality management system. It is similar to a constitution of a country or a manifesto of a party. This type of document establishes the policy level position of a government, party or in the case of a quality manual, a company. There are two published definitions of what a quality manual for an ISO 9001 quality management system should be:

ISO 10013, Guidelines for Developing Quality Manuals, element 4.2, gives detailed suggestions for creating a quality manual. It defines a quality manual, among other requirements, as a document that should "consist of, or refer to, the documented quality system procedures intended for planning and administration of activities which impact on quality" ISO 9001:2000, element 4.2.2 describes a quality manual as a document containing:

- the scope of the QMS and details of and justification for any exclusions;

- quality managemet system procedures or reference to them;

- a specified interaction between the processes of your QMS.

Let's follow these simple instructions and see how easy it is to create a quality manual to document the scope of your quality management system and exclusions; ensure that procedures are referenced and specify relationships or interactions between your processes.

Typically, companies state the scope of their QMS in a scope or introduction sections of their quality manuals, similar to these: "ABC Enterprises, LLC assembles and distributes pre-cooked meals for elderly citizens in the St. Newtown region" or "ABC Enterprises, LLC designs, manufactures and services high poser vacuum cleaners"

Since the scope defines our activities and we established our scope, we can define the processes that we need to achieve the results stated in the scope. Also, remember referencing corresponding procedures for those processes. The easiest way to do it, is to transform the standard from a list of requirements into your organization's commitment to satisfy those requirements. For example: Element 5.4.1 of ISO 9001:2000 requires that "Top management shall ensure that quality objectives, including those needed to meet requirements for product are established at relevant functions and levels with in the organization." our manual will state: "ABC Enterprises, LLC's top management ensure that quality objectives, including those needed to meet requirements for product are established at relevant functions and levels per the Quality Objective Matrix."

As you can see, a reference to a specific procedure satisfies the second requirement for a quality manual. Following this approach by addressing all applicable elements of the standard and referencing corresponding procedures, we will establish a manual that meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 standard.

Interaction between the processes may be documented in a number of ways. Some companies choose to define top-level interaction by using derivatives of Figure 1 in ISO 9001:2000 standard. Combining such a diagram with references to procedures, will define interactions between your processes. For more detailed process interaction tools, type "process interaction matrix" into your browser and you will find numerous examples.

Now, when we addressed the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 standard for quality manual, consider this. A well written and professionally designed quality manual may become a powerful marketing tool. It can communicate to your prospects and customers that your organization is not only a quality-conscious organization, but that it also knows how to document and communicate its commitment to quality through your quality manual.

I always wonder what companies achieve by stamping their quality manuals in bold capitol red letters ?CONFIDENTIAL?. As far as I?m concerned, a quality manual is a company?s resume for quality, and if you hide your resume, there is a very good chance that you will never get a job! All our customers are encouraged to make their quality manuals public!

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