Afternoon Edition

Should you have a surcharge for weekend work?

By Funeral Director Daily / March 7, 2023 /

    If funeral homes are going to continue to serve their communities with full service, they have to be profitable.  Many funeral homes have seen margins erode as families choose less service and other death care competitors move into their service areas.   Our friends at “2 Guys and a Question” podcast ponder that…

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Acquisitions, buy-outs, creative ideas. . . here’s a recap of our month’s top stories

By Funeral Director Daily / February 27, 2023 /

    We are a little bit late this month but here are the stories that our readers found most interesting over the last 30 days. . .well, actually the 30 days from January 15, 2023, to February 15, 2023.  There’s something for everybody in these articles — acquisitions, buy-outs, local promotion, corporate thoughts, and…

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Non-compete agreements, Customer Experience, Community Engagement. . . some timely learning opportunities for our readers

By Funeral Director Daily / February 22, 2023 /

    We’ve recently noticed some webinars and podcasts that we feel are very timely and you might enjoy watching them.  Also, all of these programs are free of charge, except in some instances where you may want to earn CEU credits for them.  Here’s the information you need to access these.     From…

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Another acquisition story . . . except this one’s going the other way

By Funeral Director Daily / February 15, 2023 /

    It’s pretty common place to read in Funeral Director Daily and other Death Care publications about the national and regional funeral home and cemetery consolidators announcing another acquisition.  However, when we were catching up with our reading a few days ago we noticed an acquisition. . . .that was “going the other way”.…

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Living paycheck to paycheck, de-influencers. . . will they affect the death care market

By Funeral Director Daily / February 7, 2023 /

    This morning’s article related to the changing face of religion and how that has affected the funeral/memorial/tribute portion of the death care business over the past couple of decades.  Over the weekend I noticed a couple of items that signaled current trends and put out the question as to whether or not these…

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. . . . the latest on past stories

By Funeral Director Daily / January 23, 2023 /

    Last week Funeral Director Daily published a couple of stories that had more published on them after our articles ran. . . We thought we would take an  Afternoon Edition to put those stories back in front of you in case you wanted to learn more.   First of all, we published a…

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Here’s our top stories over the past 30 days

By Funeral Director Daily / January 16, 2023 /

    As always we turn to our readers in the middle of every month to find out what articles were the most read in the past 30 days.  Here are those articles as indicated by those readers.   National Report:  U.S. death rate to be elevated until 2023.  This article was published over 15…

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Here’s some opportunities we found for 8 hours of CE credit

By Funeral Director Daily / January 13, 2023 /

    It’s a brand new year, but before you know it you will be looking to fill some Continuing Education credits for next year.  As we go into the weekend here is a couple of opportunities that we found that not only give you eight CE credits but give you the opportunity to advance…

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There is a lot happening, a lot going on,. . . and a lot coming up

By Funeral Director Daily / January 9, 2023 /

    It seems like we just got through that busy holiday season, but it also seems like the world picks back up and we better get back on the ride so that we don’t get left behind.  I’ve just happened to notice a lot going on in the Death Care world and a lot…

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Our Readers’ Top 5

By Funeral Director Daily / December 16, 2022 /

As we head into the weekend I’ve got some reading material for you.  As is our custom we present you with the Top Five most read articles on Funeral Director Daily over the past 30 days.   It’s interesting to note that this month we have three articles that were originally published in the last…

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