Business
It’s funny how when you get older and more mature that certain situations and happenings bring back a forgotten remembrance to you. Today’s article is the result of one of those memories. It’s the day after Thanksgiving and, because of that timing, I’m guessing that not too many will open and read…
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Editor’s Note: It was in the middle of America’s Civil War, the year 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln decided that Americans should give “Thanks” for the blessings bestowed upon them. . . Even during this dire time when citizens where fighting against fellow citizens. . . and brothers against brothers. It was…
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You’re a funeral home or cemetery owner/operator and you are in the final stages of planning that 2025 business budget. If you have loans for livery vehicles or building improvements that are either adjustable or coming due in 2025 what can you reasonably expect for interest rates on those loans going forward? …
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A few days ago I came across this article from Great Britain’s newspaper, The Telegraph. The headline was intriguing to a person like me who worked in Death Care, so I continued to read the article. Turns out that the article was an obituary news article of sorts dealing with the life and…
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I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but every so often I seem to get hit from all sides with a certain subject matter. It’s usually something that I have not thought of for awhile but then, all of a sudden, seem to have the subject come up over and over…
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Marketing is an interesting phenomena. . . and not all of us really realize how it works. We had a presidential election in America last week and this article won’t be about the philosophies of the candidates, but it will be a little about the marketing of those candidates and creating a brand.…
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Contributed article authored by Jake Johnson, CEO of Johnson Consulting Group: The funeral profession has long provided avenues for entrepreneurship, and now, more than ever, the opportunities to become your own boss are growing. According to recent National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) statistics, there will be a significant number of funeral home ownership…
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If you operate a funeral home, crematory, cemetery, or other Death Care business you are approached with a lot of marketing opportunities. Every business owner or manager has to look at the opportunities and weigh the cost of the particular marketing with the potential exposure available and the image it will bring to your…
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If you work in the consumer facing Death Care business it’s pretty likely that you come into contact with Veterans of the United States Armed Forces on a consistent basis. For me, as a funeral director, most of my time with the older veterans in my community was at funeral services where they…
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Well, here we are — Election Day 2024! Tomorrow some will be happy, some will be sad, some will have joy, and some will have angst in their hearts. I get it — we all want to win and in a divided country it certainly seems like only 50% will. But you…
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