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Security National Financial issues 3rd Quarter Earnings Press Release

By Funeral Director Daily / November 20, 2024 /

    Funeral Director Daily published an article on Security National Financial Corporation’s 3rd Quarter 2024 results on Monday using the company’s November 14, 2024, Form 10-Q as our guidance as no press release had been issued from SNFC at that time.   Later on November 18, a press release on the earnings from SNFC…

NFDA testifies on Veterans burial issues

By Funeral Director Daily / November 20, 2024 /

    We learned last week from this National Funeral Director Association (NFDA) press release that Lesley Vitter, NFDA’s Senior Vice-President of Advocacy, testified on November 13 at a Congressional House Committee hearing that concerned reviewing “Our Nation’s Hallowed Grounds”.   According to the press release “The hearing focused on assessing and improving the Department…

Top articles from the past 30 days: Experiential sales, new products, staff changes, and the “Big Easy” all make the cut

By Funeral Director Daily / November 19, 2024 /

    It’s the middle of the month and time to re-cap the Most Read Stories of the past 30 days on Funeral Director Daily.  Funeral Director Daily tries to publish a variety of information, news, and opinions with a wide variety of Death Care interests.  It looks like we succeeded in the past 30…

More help for Children’s Grief

By Funeral Director Daily / November 19, 2024 /

  I was excited on Friday morning when I received some information from a reader of Funeral Director Daily.  You see, I started Funeral Director Daily a few years ago with the idea that it could be a network for those working in the death care profession to be able to access thoughts, ideas, and…

CANA’s Peer Support Group focuses on Grief tomorrow night

By Funeral Director Daily / November 18, 2024 /

    It’s coming up on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and that signals that all funeral professionals can log in to learn and participate in the Zoom facilitated Cremation Association of North America’s (CANA) Peer Support event.   I find that tomorrow night’s event happens in a timely fashion as it preceeds the…

3rd QTR Net Revenue drops for Mortuary/Cemetery division at Security National

By Funeral Director Daily / November 18, 2024 /

    Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) filed their 3rd Quarter 2024 Form 10-Q last Thursday and with that filing we got a look at the company’s financial results for the 3rd Quarter of 2024.  In that report we noticed that the Revenue for the company’s Mortuary and Cemetery division dropped by 5.8% as compared…

The Art (and Business) of Bereavement Support

By Funeral Director Daily / November 15, 2024 /

    I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but every so often I seem to get hit from all sides with a certain subject matter.  It’s usually something that I have not thought of for awhile but then, all of a sudden, seem to have the subject come up over and over…

Marketing: The importance of “Connecting”

By Funeral Director Daily / November 14, 2024 /

  Marketing is an interesting phenomena. . . and not all of us really realize how it works.   We had a presidential election in America last week and this article won’t be about the philosophies of the candidates, but it will be a little about the marketing of those candidates and creating a brand.…

Jake Johnson: The Path to Entrepreneurship in the Funeral Profession

By Funeral Director Daily / November 13, 2024 /

    Contributed article authored by Jake Johnson, CEO of Johnson Consulting Group: The funeral profession has long provided avenues for entrepreneurship, and now, more than ever, the opportunities to become your own boss are growing. According to recent National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) statistics, there will be a significant number of funeral home ownership…

Weigel on Marketing

By Funeral Director Daily / November 12, 2024 /

  If you operate a funeral home, crematory, cemetery, or other Death Care business you are approached with a lot of marketing opportunities.  Every business owner or manager has to look at the opportunities and weigh the cost of the particular marketing with the potential exposure available and the image it will bring to your…