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It’s not something I thought about ever. And, while I sensed some of the psychological needs associated with it, I’d never thought of it in the sense I learned about it last week. What am I talking about? — “Mattering”. “Mattering” is defined on Gemini Artificial Intelligence as such “. . the universal…
Funeral Director Daily publishes lots of articles that deal with the business, or money side of Death Care. That’s good. . .and readers seem to like it, however, I never want any of us to forget about the “Humanity” side of working in Death Care. Every so often in my search for editorial…
There is no doubt over the past twenty-five years that consumers have made many changes about how they make selections. And, those selections don’t just relate to furniture styles, automobile styles, or television watching, such as binge watching, decisions. That’s why the cemeteries and crematories of Hillingdon Council are moving to a seven-day…
Today is January 20. It is the day that President Trump wanted to institute one of his ideas for making life more “affordable”. That idea is a 10% cap on interest rates on credit card balances for one year. A recent Debt.com survey about funeral expenses and death, which you can access an…
Back in 1971, according to this article from Pew Research Center, 61% of Americans fell into what was called the “Middle Class”. The same article lists that number as 51% in 1923, and according to Finance & Commerce magazine, “Most economists agree the K-shape (consumer divergence) isn’t a short-term anomaly but a continuation of…
Earlier this week I was watching the business news and the channel was reporting on Delta Airlines. According to the talking heads that I was watching Delta Airlines has done a very good job in building market share by continuing to relate the “Experience” of flying Delta over the simple need to get from…
Yesterday’s Funeral Director Daily column dealt with “Demographics” and how that change over time in your business area can lead to gains or losses in Death Call numbers. With long-term demographic changes in one’s area of business it is difficult and costly to make the changes necessary — such as building a new…
When it comes to the Death Care business and your local funeral home “Demographics” do make a difference. It might not be for a year, or five years, or even a decade but demographic shifts in neighborhoods, cities, and states will eventually manifest itself in the numbers of death calls that funeral homes receive.…
Long-time Death Care executives and advisors Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson have again joined together to form a new firm to help those in the business. A press release issued earlier this week announced the “formal launch of J & C Advisors, a newly organized advisory platform created to support independent funeral home…
When it comes to a cemetery on a river bank and the river has moved the shoreline back over 20 feet in the past 30 years and you now realize that in the next couple of decades, as the erosion continues, you will be losing the cemetery — and the remains buried in…
