Funeral Director Daily
It’s never too late to learn more about attracting and retaining client families. The marketing to do so can be complicated at times, but it is always good to keep an open mind and you can maybe learn through the education of others. To that end, we offer these insightful podcasts which we’ve…
At Funeral Director Daily we hear about a lot of funeral homes that change hands. We can’t report on all of them, but some family funeral homes have such unique historical characteristics that we like to pass on the knowledge of those transactions just to keep the historical perspective of funeral homes in America…
Yesterday Park Lawn Corporation issued a press release stating that “it has declined to participate further in Carriage Services, Inc.’s (NYSE: CSV) (“Carriage”) previously announced strategic review process and that it has withdrawn its all cash proposal to purchase the outstanding stock of Carriage.” The press release which you can read here also…
In a press release dated September 22, 2023, the NFDA’s Funeral Service Foundation “announced that it has received a $100,000 contribution from the Memorial Classic Golf Tournament”. The press release went on to say, “The Memorial Classic was founded by (Johnson Consulting Group founder) Tom Johnson more than 40 years ago with…
Inflation has set in. . . I recently had to install a new air conditioning condenser to our existing HVAC combination unit. An air conditioning condensor, like a funeral or cremation expense, is something you don’t buy everyday. . . . in fact, maybe less than once a decade. And, when I called…
Over my years as a funeral director the confidentiality that I kept for my client families was always paramount in my mind. Being a funeral director in a small community just led itself to the fact that “people would ask me questions”. Those questions included things like “How did he die?” or in cases…
English poet Oscar Wilde is thought by some as first using the phrase that “Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery”. In today’s world of economics and commerce one might also believe that “Somebody starting a business similar to what you have started” would also be a very well-known form of flattery…
Prior to the July 2022 regulations put into place by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in Great Britain there was little in the form of regulation for Preneed funeral plans in that country. Preneed can be done a little differently than in the USA in Great Britain, but there is much to be learned…
If you want to grow your business — whether through at-need or pre-need — there are some basics you need to understand about the consumer mind. You also need to understand how to reach those consumers. . . . Today’s column will touch on both of those aspects and hopefully point out some strategies…
I recently saw an e-mail alert from the American Heart Association with an odd title. The title of this particular e-mail information item was “Caregiving a concern as U.S. Hispanic people age faster than other populations”. I eventually realized that the headline did not mean that Hispanic people “get older faster” but…
