Funeral Director Daily
I read this recent article from Yahoo Finance where the COO of Salesforce, Bret Taylor, states that if he was starting a company in today’s world he would first start with the company’s “Digital Headquarters” rather than an operational physical headquarters. That statement alone shows the “mega shift” in business, workforce, and consumer acquisition thought…
This is the week that Congress should act on the Biden Administration’s key piece of legislation, the $3.5 trillion “Human Infrastructure” bill. Regardless of what happens or how you feel about that bill, I thought it would be interesting to look back on how death care has fared from the other two large social bills…
I don’t know if it is just me or others see it too. For years funeral directors seemed to work in anonymity, but when someone called us we were always there to answer. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I seem to think that funeral directors and morticians are finally seen in our society for…
Editor’s Note: For as yet unknown technical reasons, our daily article was not sent out earlier this morning. Sorry. . here it is. All things are created equal. . . . until they’re not. In the death care business I’m not so sure all of the calls we get at our funeral homes are created…
According to this article from U.S. News & World Report, the process of natural organic reduction or what is commonly referred by many consumers as “human composting” is now available in the state of Colorado. Legalized by the state over a year ago with a September 7, 2021, legal start date, at least one death…
We are happy to remind you of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) co-sponsored peer support meeting. This is for anyone who works for a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory serving the public or supporting those who do. Students, apprentices, and interns are welcome Join your peers on September 21 (Tonight) to talk about…
The time to set your budgets for 2022 is fast approaching. To make your business turn into profits, and your work worthwhile, it is imperative that you realistically look at the services you provide and the mix of those services so that you can have an accurate idea of the revenue you are going to…
I think we have all seen it, but have we ever looked at the statistics and questioned what has happened. The “it” I’m talking about is women in the workplace over the years and the correlation of “Where have all the Men gone”? In the death care business we have seen the rise of the…
I recently read this article where Bank of America has profiled 14 future “moonshot” technologies that they believe could offer vast wealth to those who are lucky enough to invest in them. In reading that article, I realized that, to a certain extent we have, maybe not moonshot technologies, but at least planetary technologies in…
This recent article from Pasadena Weekly made note that Better Place Forests has added a property at Lake Arrowhead, about 90 minutes from Los Angeles. For Better Place Forests it is their 10th announced location with five of those being in California. A fairly new entity into permanent memorialization, Better Place Forests is described in…
