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Matthews International: “Memorialization and more”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 8, 2025 /

  A few days ago The Pittsburgh Business Times published a feature story on hometown company Matthews International.  It’s a very interesting article that goes back into the history of the company and how it has now expanded into a diversified business that casts a shadow in a lot of industries. . . .including Death…

Tukios moves forward by optimizing for GEO

By Funeral Director Daily / July 7, 2025 /

    It was announced last week by Tukios, a leading provider of funeral home websites, that their websites are now equiped to rank in AI searches.  According to Tukios, “this optimization makes all Tukios websites ready for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — the modern version of SEO — helping funeral homes get noticed by…

Could the “Big, Beautiful Bill” help sell Preneed

By Funeral Director Daily / July 7, 2025 /

  If you have been anywhere near a television, radio, smart phone, newspaper, or other news media you know that President Trump’s signature piece of legislation, the “Big, Beautiful Bill” was passed and signed into law over the extended 4th of July weekend.   I’ve always liked to stay up-to-date on current events and learn…

Today is the 4th of July. . . . “Celebrate America”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 4, 2025 /

  On July 4, 1776, the 2nd Continental Congress of the 13 American colonies unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence announcing the colonies separation from Great Britain.  The Declaration summarized the colonies reasons for wanting the separation.   I love history, and especially American history.  At one time I studied the writings of Thomas Paine…

A case for “Tradition”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 3, 2025 /

    HBO’s recent documentary “The Mortician” probably gave the Death Care profession some bad publicity.  However, at least in one case as evidenced by this article in The Free Press titled “My husband wants to be cremated.  I’d ignore his dying wish“, it brought out a re-constituted call for the traditional visitation and funeral.…

Death Care Index is “Flat” year-to-date. . . . lags major indexes

By Funeral Director Daily / July 2, 2025 /

  The end of trading on Monday marked the end of the first-half of the year for stocks.  And, it was a significant day as on Monday the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both recorded All-Time highs in their numbers.  However, as you may know, the road to the record in 2025 was not a straight…

We’re almost there

By Funeral Director Daily / July 1, 2025 /

  Today marks the beginning of July and the first day of the second-half of 2025.  I figured it was a good time to sincerely thank all the readers and sponsors who continue to make Funeral Director Daily the Number One choice for “Business News” in the Death Care profession.   I started blogging to…

Growth vs. Income

By Funeral Director Daily / July 1, 2025 /

    Last week I read this article authored by Kenio Fontes from Seeking Alpha concerning Death Care behometh Service Corporation International (SCI) and titled “The quiet dividend machine you probably overlooked“.  As is the custom of Funeral Director Daily I will not comment on the specifics of a stock market related article, but it…

Memoria aims to be the “technology disrupter” of Deathcare

By Funeral Director Daily / June 30, 2025 /

      I don’t know what Death Care will look like ten years from now but I do know that change happens, and in some way, the logistics of it will be different than today.  This recent article from Forbes titled “Tech and Deathcare:  A new challenge to an old industry” ends with the…

The Psychology of Commitment

By Funeral Director Daily / June 27, 2025 /

    When you are in a competitive business you need to acquire customers and then find a way to make sure that those customers are “commited to you”.  Many times acquiring the customer might be the easy part, but making sure the customer stays commited to you and loyal to your brand can be…