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Sunset regulations, Hollywood, Guest writers, and Out-of-the-Box thinking dominate “Most Read” articles of the past 30 days

By Funeral Director Daily / June 17, 2025 /

  Once again it is time for Funeral Director Daily to give our readers a 2nd chance to read articles that they may have missed in the past 30 days.  We’ve highlighted the Top 5 most read from May 15 to June 15 below.   The articles again show the variety of topics that Funeral…

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Consumer group calls for “cutting out the funeral director as middleman” on direct cremations

By Funeral Director Daily / June 17, 2025 /

    We noticed in this article last week that a consumer group has asked for the removal of funeral directors as “the middleman in cremations, saying it’s costing people money”.  Among other things, the group says “it gives them (funeral directors) the opportunity to “hook people into a package deal” charging grieving families for…

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Join CANA for Peer Support online tomorrow night

By Funeral Director Daily / June 16, 2025 /

    Tomorrow night is June 17th and it is the 3rd Tuesday of the month so that brings us the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) sponsored online Peer Support meeting.   The monthly Peer Support meetings are for all funeral home, cemetery, crematory, and other Death Care workers.   According to information from…

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Death Care Out-of-the-Box: The Epilogue

By Funeral Director Daily / June 16, 2025 /

    I tried something different last week and had a five-part series on how “Out-of-the-Box” thinking may change Death Care.  The series of articles was well recieved and, from feedback I recieved, seemed to make people think. . . even if they don’t think my thoughts will become a reality anytime soon.   Joel…

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A 4th possible death care evolution: More government payments

By Funeral Director Daily / June 13, 2025 /

  When I look at the long-term trends of democratic countries — countries that I define by having free and fair elections for leaders — I see historical movement towards more “socially economic” values.  For instance, when I look at European countries that were founded much earlier than the United States I sense a pattern…

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Who might be our future competition?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2025 /

    Smart companies look for “Line Extention” to help them grow.  I learned a little about “Line Extension” in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s when I served on a Board of Wells Fargo.  At that time, CEO Richard Kovacevich realized that Wells Fargo had satisfied customers in the banking business.  He realized that…

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A four-day work week for funeral service professionals?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 11, 2025 /

      If you have been involved in leadership for any length of time you will find that any decision that you make, even if you think it is the greatest decision in the world, will not be taken as beneficial to all parties.  Someone down the line of employment will wish the decision…

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Funeral Home acquisitions: Why not royalties as part of the consideration?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 10, 2025 /

  The negotiations to sell and or purchase a funeral home generally involve “what one is buying and how are they paying for it”.  It’s pretty common to hear the terms “asset sale”, “real estate”, “convenants not to compete”, “consulting agreement”, “equipment”, “inventory”, and “goodwill” among the nomenclature of the transaction that takes place between…

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It’s “What you Know”

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2025 /

There’s always been an argument about successful businesses. . . Did they get to be successful because of “Who they know” or “What they know”?  I’m guessing that both circumstances will help, but in today’s world there is no doubt that you need the “What you know” side of the equation to make intelligent and…

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Outside the Box: 4 Things I think will eventually come to Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2025 /

    Over my lifetime some things have just stuck with me.  A couple of those things are quotes that share a message of complicated projects or ideas that might seem insurmountable but also give the hope to try. . . because maybe the idea might just work.   The first one I remember is…

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