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Prelude receives another venture investment

By Funeral Director Daily / March 27, 2025 /

  Prelude’s website makes this statement “We created the world’s best in-person selling software that anyone in your funeral home can use to close in just one meeting”.   One year ago on March 8, 2024, Funeral Director Daily published our first article on the company.  That article, that you can read here, was titled,…

Parting Stone celebrates 10,000 families served, New York Post publishes article on the growing “Cremation Aftermarket”

By Funeral Director Daily / March 27, 2025 /

  Parting Stone, the New Mexico based start-up that takes cremated ash remains and turns them into what they term “Solidified Remains” recently sent out this press release celebrating their 10,000th family served in their short business history.   In the press release the company says this about their achievement, “This milestone marks a significant…

Everstory Partners transforms through technology

By Funeral Director Daily / March 26, 2025 /

    Everstory Partners serves over 65,000 families annually and in addition to its funeral home business, operates close to 400 cemeteries around the United States, including Puerto Rico.   Recently they authored this press release which lets us know that they have completed a process in which all cemeteries have been digitized.  Here’s what…

More individuality, less religiosity

By Funeral Director Daily / March 25, 2025 /

    It probably won’t surprise anybody in the Death Care profession that a recent study showed that “Individuality” in funeral choice is becoming far more popular that “Religiosity”.  As a matter of fact, 68% of those consumers questioned believed in holding a “Celebration of Life” rather than a “Time of Reflection”.   And, that…

A Look at Funeral Industry revenues — some interesting observations

By Funeral Director Daily / March 24, 2025 /

    Where will future revenue growth for the funeral industry come from?  That’s a thought that I have after I did a small study or exercise on growth revenues for certain industries.  While my study is not scientific I looked at selected companies to gain an idea of how well the respective industries are…

Cremated remains Priceless? These were ransomed for $2 million

By Funeral Director Daily / March 21, 2025 /

  It’s not your father’s Death Care world anymore.  Because if you are currently involved in the Death Care business it seems like everyday something new happens that we haven’t thought about before. . . .  and hadn’t happened in the past.   Recently this story broke about what happened on South Korea’s Jeju Island. …

Propel Funeral Partners picks up two locations at 2x Revenue

By Funeral Director Daily / March 20, 2025 /

  According to this February article from Sharecafe of Australia, public funeral home consolidator and operator Propel Funeral Partners recently has executed agreements on the purchase of two historical funeral homes in New Zealand.  According to the article it brings the company’s operations up to 198 facilities which includes 38 cremation facilities and 9 cemeteries.…

“The Other Side of the Mountain”

By Funeral Director Daily / March 19, 2025 /

Yesterday Funeral Director Daily published an article on “Getting heard in the Information Age“.  That article dealt with the idea that in a new world of Death Care consumers taking different actions on marketing might be a wise thing to think about.  Today, I’m skiing down the “other side of the mountain” and featuring an…

Prioritizing our “Mental Wellness” is the topic of this month’s Peer Support meeting

By Funeral Director Daily / March 18, 2025 /

  It’s already the 3rd Tuesday of the month and with that date comes another Cremation Association of North America (CANA) supported Peer Support meeting for those involved in the Death Care profession/industry.   Here’s what CANA says about this month’s meeting that takes place tonight: By acknowledging your challenges, you honor your own well-being…

Getting your message heard in the “Information Age”

By Funeral Director Daily / March 18, 2025 /

    I received a broadcasted mass e-mail last Thursday inviting me to tune into the newest podcast for our profession.  This one was titled “The Graveyard Shift” and was promoted by Passare.  It is probably good and informative, but I’ve also been invited to listen to a podcast that originates from Great Britain with…