Funeral Director Daily
Marijuana still remains a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substance Act. However, many states have approved the medical use of marijuana. So, what does that mean to you as an employer or you as an employee? In most instances courts will back the federal law. However, some states have started to back employees…
Read MoreLast week Funeral Director Daily published an article on “Out of the box” marketing. In a nutshell we told traditional funeral homes not to be scared about advertising your services in a less than conventional way. While we didn’t have anything to do with it, we happened to notice on our local media in the…
Read MoreJust about every day when we peruse articles to opine on we can find articles that pertain to cemeteries and crematories and the problems they seem to cause to just everyday people. You might argue that some of these issues are pretty petty and could be easily fixed, however, to the consumers they bother they…
Read MoreI think even those of us who grew up in the world before smart phones and the internet understand that funeral homes can gain in their marketing efforts by being actively involved in the social media world. However, common sense dictates that marketing dollars should be spread around. . .even to the point of doing…
Read MoreBOOX Research provided an article to Seeking Alpha about Service Corporation International (SCI) that you can read here. It’s important to note that this is only one article by one researcher, but their complex analysis ends up with a going forward rating on the public death care company of “Underperform”. The very first page of…
Read MoreAs America is gearing up for its 2020 elections we hear a lot of campaign rhetoric about the haves and the have nots. One of the statistics that you hear is that of a Federal Reserve survey that contends that 40% of U.S. adults said they couldn’t easily cover an unplanned expense of $400. So,…
Read MoreIt was announced last week that the largest provider of death care services in Australia and New Zealand would be making another acquisition. InvoCare announced last week that they would be purchasing Australian Heritage Funerals located in Toowoomba, Queensland. According to an article and news video you can read and see here, the closing will…
Read MoreWayne Wilson was a Vietnam veteran who died at age 67 on May 28, 2019. According to sources, Wilson died without any surviving family members. It was that fact that led some of his friends to call out the community of Niles, Michigan to attend his memorial service last Wednesday in Niles. With the help…
Read MoreA couple of things happened on Thursday (yesterday) that put the idea for this article in my mind. First of all, I was involved in a brain-storming session that centered partly on how to reduce tuition costs for college students. And then, later in the afternoon I was watching the business channel, CNBC, as I…
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