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Does the latest Producer Price Index put funeral homes between a rock and a hard place?

By Funeral Director Daily / March 19, 2024 /

    The business news last week was centered on the Producer’s Price Index (PPI) rising 0.6% in the month February, which equates to an annual 7.2% inflationary rate.  That reading, after being lower and even negative for a couple of months prior,  has caused many pundits to opine that getting rid of inflation in…

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Invite your spouse for CANA’s Tuesday night Peer Support

By Funeral Director Daily / March 18, 2024 /

    For the first time that I can remember, the Cremation Association of North America’s (CANA) Peer Support online meeting is asking all funeral workers to invite their spouse for tomorrow night’s group get-together.  According to a recent press release from CANA, here’s why:   “A funeral professional may be called upon as an…

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Friday was a “Great Day” for funeral service

By Funeral Director Daily / March 18, 2024 /

    Friday was March 15 or the “Ides of March”.  And, it appears that Friday, March 15, 2024, was a better day for funeral service than Friday, March 15, 44 BC was for Julius Caesar.   Funeral service has been hit with a lot of bad publicity lately about certain funeral providers not always…

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The “Ides of March” and time for our most-read stories

By Funeral Director Daily / March 15, 2024 /

        It’s the “Ides of March” today — representing the 74th day of the Roman calendar and the day in ancient Rome that was the deadline for settling debts from the previous year. . . .Of course, the “Ides of March”, or the 15th of March, has also became known for betrayal…

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“See No Fees” looks to funeral industry for growth

By Funeral Director Daily / March 15, 2024 /

    If you are an independent funeral home owner you know it is not all about just being a great funeral director and/or embalmer anymore. You need to be a solid business-person and understand how the revenue you take in for your services moves to the bottom line as profits without getting gobbled up…

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Our Take: Park Lawn/Carriage Services 2023 dance ending with no agreement probably worked out best for all concerned

By Funeral Director Daily / March 14, 2024 /

      Back in 2017 when I served on the board of the University of Minnesota I had a hand in the hiring of new Head Football Coach P.J. Fleck.  Coach Fleck is still there and has had some success coaching in the Big Ten.  Outside of the improvement of our team, I have…

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Here’s an upcoming webinar on the potential new FTC Funeral Rule

By Funeral Director Daily / March 13, 2024 /

    Join Johnson Consulting Group on Friday March 15th at noon Central Time for an essential webinar about the new requirements under the FTC Funeral Rule.   This webinar entitled, “Mastering FTC Funeral Rule Compliance”  will be hosted by Johnson Consulting’s Nelson Thulin and also feature Poul Lemasters and Nicole Wiedeman.   Here’s what…

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We now live in the “Information” world. . . time to put prices online or risk being “Gone with the Wind”

By Funeral Director Daily / March 13, 2024 /

      I’ve talked about the book, Megatrends, by John Naisbitt before.  It was published in 1982 and sold 14 million copies and after reading it about the time it was written, its “Social Forecasting”, and my belief in that concept, played a major role in building my funeral business and other businesses I…

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Grief relief — it comes in all shapes and sizes

By Funeral Director Daily / March 12, 2024 /

    I probably don’t write enough about some aspects of Death Care.  I get caught up in the business of funeral homes or the new products that help funeral directors and others do their job and sometimes forget about the “nuts and bolts” of why funeral directors do what they do.   But there…

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Titan Casket wants to “Bury” Daylight Savings Time

By Funeral Director Daily / March 11, 2024 /

      Did you remember to “Spring Forward” this past weekend?  If you forgot, you are probably running a little late or showing up late for work today.  Daylight Savings Time has been a small controversy for years with groups, from time to time, wanting to do away with it.   In the spirit…

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