Afternoon Edition
With tomorrow being the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, I thought I would share this article which I wrote for Funeral Director Daily two years ago about 9/11. You see, I was fortunate to meet a sister of one of the heroes of the United Flight #93 that crashed in Shanksville,…
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If you follow the news you know that employment staffing is difficult all over America right now. The death care profession is certainly no different. If you are looking for staff or you are an individual that wants to know what is available in the death care employment field, you need to give Global Recruiters…
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It is already past the 15th of the month when we highlight and replay for you our top read stories of the past 30 days. While we hope you read all of Funeral Director Daily’s blog posts we also realize you are busy and certainly will miss some days. Here are our most read posts…
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As we turn the calendar to August it reminds me that last August we had some technical difficulties with Funeral Director Daily that caused major consternation on my part. At the end of the day, with some help of some very good technical people, we were able to put out an improved delivery product, but…
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In a piece of fortuitous timing, Funeral Director Daily published this article last Friday which extrapolated the number of deaths that United States funeral directors handled in 2020. By all indications it turns out that the funeral profession in the United States served the families of over 3.4 million decedents in 2020. . . .…
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As has become our custom we list the “Top Read” articles of the past thirty days. Here they are: The Tik Tok Mortician Death Care receives criticism on Three Continents Robot working overtime at Arbor Memorial funeral home A new use for cemeteries. The sky is not falling Have a great weekend.…
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Editor’s Note: I apologize for the tardiness of this article today. This post was scheduled to go out as usual at 4 am Eastern Time, but for some reason, technology failed us. Enjoy some thoughts to think about as we move into the weekend. My first trip to Europe in 1991 reminds me that I’m…
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In our continuing desire to keep funeral service professionals up to date on what is happening in the industry, we bring you these sources of information which may be of information to you. Have a great weekend. NFDA “A Brush with Death” podcast series — Podcast #25 brings you the “Class of 2021”. In this…
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*Guest article written by Alexandra Jo, Culture and Content Manager at Parting Stone. Research shows that across all markets, what today’s consumers find valuable is vastly different than in previous generations. Just like in any other business, understanding consumer trends is an important aspect of planning for your funeral company’s future. Knowing what customers are…
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As we have become accustomed to do, we are providing our Most Highly Read articles over the past 30 days. Below are the articles from Funeral Director Daily that were top-read from May 15 to June 15, 2021: Park Lawn’s CEO Brad Green comments on the labor market, acquisitions, preneed, and revenue per case College…
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