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Making today a “Finance Day” at Funeral Director Daily

By Funeral Director Daily / March 26, 2024 /

    While I was researching this morning’s article on the most recent financial performance of Propel Funeral Partners I was made aware that the people of Seeking Alpha had written some opinion pieces on North American Death Care companies within the past month.  Without any opinion or other action I present them to the…

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Thogmartin, Heald discuss Legacy.com and its impact on funeral services

By Funeral Director Daily / March 25, 2024 /

    We learned of an upcoming webinar that will feature Death Care experts Ryan Thogmartin and John Heald.  Legacy.com’s Heald will be joined by Connecting Directors’ Thogmartin and they will discuss how to  unwrap the features of Legacy.com for your funeral home.   Among other things you can expect to learn you will learn:…

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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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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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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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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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Some information from our advisors at Clifton Larson Allen

By Funeral Director Daily / March 7, 2024 /

    It seems like only yesterday that that President Trump and the United States Congress and Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that business advisor Clifton Larson Allen (CLA) states “brought sweeping tax changes to businesses and individuals”.  However, it was in 2018 and to show how fast time moves, we…

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Technology and Innovation: Some help from our friends at Funeral365

By Funeral Director Daily / March 4, 2024 /

    Our friends at Funeral365 are bringing us a free webinar where those of us with small funeral homes have the opportunity to gain insight on how the bigger consolidators are using technology to help innovate and grow.   On Thursday, March 7, from 11 am until noon Eastern Time (10 am Central Time)…

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The Future of Death Care in North America

By Funeral Director Daily / February 26, 2024 /

    What appears to me as about as impressiive line-up of presenters that you will ever find in one day is on tap to tell you what they know about the “Future of Death Care in North America” later this week.  On Friday, March 1, you have the opportunity to pick up 6 CEU…

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CANA Peer Support tonight. . . and more

By Funeral Director Daily / February 20, 2024 /

    It’s already the 3rd Tuesday of the month when our friends at the Cremation Association of North American (CANA) help to produce the monthly Death Care Peer Support meetings online.  It will happen again tonight at 8 pm Eastern Time/ 7 pm Central Time.   Here’s what CANA says about these meetings: “Join…

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