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RFK, Jr. decision leads to “Kennedy Casket” story revival

By Funeral Director Daily / August 28, 2024 /

  Late last week Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. decided to drop his independent bid for President of the United States.  And, I’m guessing that “Google” searches on the Kennedys picked up.  At Funeral Director Daily we noticed an upsurge in an article that we originally produced in 2021 and ran again in 2023.  The 2023…

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Selected Educational Trust announces Tribute Technology to match donations

By Funeral Director Daily / August 26, 2024 /

          In a press release received last week the Selected Educational Trust announced that Tribute Technology “has issued a matching gift challenge to donors to the Selected Educational Trust.  Now throught September 30, Tribute Technology will match dollar-for dollar all gifts made to the Trust up to a total of $10,000″.…

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The introduction of the “Hypercasket” is our Article of the Month

By Funeral Director Daily / August 20, 2024 /

  The introduction of Titan Casket Company’s new product the “Hypercasket” was the most read article on Funeral Director Daily over the past 30 days. . . . But, there were other articles dealing with other issues such as cremation, creativity, start-ups, and acquisitions that also found there way into our Top 5. If you…

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Burnout, stress . . .that’s the topic of Peer Support tomorrow night

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2024 /

  It’s already the 3rd week of August and with the 3rd week of every month comes the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and the ability to participate in their Peer Support Network.  All Death Care workers are encouraged to go online on Tuesday night (tomorrow) and participate in this month’s topic.   And…

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Welton Hong updates his book

By Funeral Director Daily / August 13, 2024 /

    We were recently notified that Welton Hong, Founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing, has updated his book, “Making your phone ring with internet marketing”, into its 3rd edition.   The teaser for the book says this, “Feeling overwhelmed by digital marketing?  You’re not alone.  Many funeral home owners feel the same way,…

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Upcoming WilbertEDU seminar is timely for learning long-term success

By Funeral Director Daily / July 22, 2024 /

  I found it more than a coincidence that the same day I received this press release for the next WilbertEDU session that Yahoo Finance published this article titled “Gen Z is projected to become the largest, wealthiest generation”.  It was coincidental because the WilbertEDU session will feature the topic “Bridging the Generational Divide in…

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The culture of your work environment. . that’s the subject of tonight’s CANA Peer Support event

By Funeral Director Daily / July 16, 2024 /

    Tonight, Tuesday, July 16 at 8 pm Eastern Time (7 pm Central Time) the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) presents its monthly Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group virtual meeting.  This month’s talking point will be facilitated by Peer Support US Program Director Kim Zavrotny and will deal with your working environment. Here’s…

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Finance leads “Top Stories” in last month

By Funeral Director Daily / July 15, 2024 /

  In what is probably a first for Funeral Director Daily, our “Finance” story headings took four of the top five spaces in “most-read” articles this past month.  That is however, certainly understandable when you consider the potential take private movement of Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) and the commentary that development has brought about in…

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Don’t miss this CX learning opportunity

By Funeral Director Daily / July 8, 2024 /

  A quote from John R. Dijulius III goes like this “If you want to see how a company is doing today, look at their current sales; if you want to know how a company will perform in the future, look at their current Customer Satisfaction scores”.   Customer satisfaction has always been a goal…

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Nebraska board member proposes columbarium under the football field

By Funeral Director Daily / July 3, 2024 /

    The University of Nebraska is evidently facing a $58 million budget shortfall  for the coming season and ideas to eliminate it are coming forward.  One such idea mentioned in this article, proposed by Nebraska regent Barbara Weitz, is to build a columbarium under the football field where departed fans can have their cremated…

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