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The World Around Us

By Funeral Director Daily / October 9, 2025 /

  I’ ve realized that over my lifetime I’ve had a never-ending compulsion to know what is happening in the world around me.  In my elementary school days our family subscribed to both the morning edition and the afternoon edition of the Minneapolis newspapers.  I can remember reading the sports section — that’s all that…

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News for the Profession

By Funeral Director Daily / October 7, 2025 /

    It always seems to me that when the calendar turns to October I’m in for reacquainting with many of my friends in funeral service and meeting many new ones.  I’m guessing that is because the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) annual convention rolls around in that time period and I also look for…

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News for the Profession

By Funeral Director Daily / September 30, 2025 /

    Sunset continues to redefine their process of finding assets for families.  They recently announced that they have a new website that makes the search for assets even easier. Sunset is a free service who earns their fee from bank partners after discovered assets sit in an estate account. It’s a great service that…

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An economic downturn and the Death Care profession

By Funeral Director Daily / September 25, 2025 /

    With all that is happening in our econony it is very difficult to get an idea of where that economy is heading.  With all of the different indexes in place today and many seeming to go in opposite directions it is hard to get a barometer of where the United States economy is…

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News for the profession

By Funeral Director Daily / September 23, 2025 /

      Funeral Director Daily distinguishes itself by being the Death Care “business daily” written by a life-long funeral home professional.  The goal is to bring news and thoughts that today’s Death Care professionals can use to move their current businesses forward.  That is accomplished by publishing thought provoking, original content on one subject…

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Top articles include funeral home size, reaching a cremation peak, and why not “recurring revenue” for funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / September 18, 2025 /

  The last 30 day period has been one of the best, in terms of page views, in Funeral Director Daily’s history.  As I write this on Wednesday afternoon Funeral Director Daily has compiled 20,085 page views over the latest rolling 30-day period.  That more than likely puts us as the #1 read daily Death…

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CANA’s Peer Support Meeting tomorrow night will focus on “Stress”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 15, 2025 /

    Dwight Thompson, a seasoned social worker, psychotherapist, and former funeral director with more than 20 years of experience in mental health and grief care will highlight the monthly interactive Peer Support meeting for September.  The online peer support meeting for funeral service workers sponsored by the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) will…

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Your funeral home can use Legacy.com’s “power draw” for local visibility

By Funeral Director Daily / September 4, 2025 /

    According to SimilarWeb Legacy.com drew a total of over 43 million visits in July 2025.  That’s a whole lot of people accessing a website.   When families search for obituary notices, share memorials, of look for service details, they are often visiting Legacy.com.  And now, when people visit Legacy.com your funeral home can…

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Tukios offers new enhancements for funeral home websites

By Funeral Director Daily / September 2, 2025 /

    One of the leaders in funeral technology solutions, Tukios, informed us last week that they have brought to market new enhancements for websites that will allow funeral homes to streamline event planning, registration, and payment processing online.   From our point of view, families are inreasingly seeking personalized, meaningful experiences to celebrate life,…

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Morgan Stanley gives “Key Takeaways” on the One Big Beautiful Bill and how they may help your business

By Funeral Director Daily / August 25, 2025 /

    There is a lot to learn about a bill that is 870 pages long.  While not as big as some bills such as the 906 pages of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 870 pages of regulations is a lot to digest.   I don’t pretend to know everything about the One…

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