Business

Millennials managing funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / January 31, 2020 /

I saw this title or something like it on my daily Google death care alerts and thought. . “What of it”.  The American Millennial generation started with births in 1980.  . what is so strange about a 40-year old managing a mortuary.  My goodness, we have people younger than that serving in the United States…

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Throwback Thursday – The Staffing Shortage

By Funeral Director Daily / January 30, 2020 /

Editor’s Note:  Funeral Director Daily has grown greatly in subscribers in the last two years.  Because of such I have decided that every once in a while I will throw out a well read article to be read again.   The article will have to continue to be relevant in the profession when I do such. …

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Outside the box. . or Vertical/Horizontal?

By Funeral Director Daily / January 28, 2020 /

Many people talk of taking their business “Outside the Box” to find new creative ways to generate more revenue and build their business enterprise.  I’m certainly no MBA guy in Business or Finance. . .  but, more or less I’ve been involved in business for about 50 years since I had my first paper route. …

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SCI lists another iconic chapel for sale

By Funeral Director Daily / January 27, 2020 /

Not so long ago we told you in this article about Service Corporation International (SCI) closing and selling the historic designated landmark H.M. Patterson & Son Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia.  That chapel had served for 91 years as the flagship chapel for H.M. Patterson in the Atlanta area. We recently learned that SCI has listed…

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Where should you be advertising

By Funeral Director Daily / January 21, 2020 /

I think I am very much like most people in that when I see something that pertains to something in my life I generally pay attention.  Today’s article emanates from some things I saw or heard over the last week. First of all, I am an investor in a small private company that rents billboard…

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Finding your space in funeral service

By Funeral Director Daily / January 17, 2020 /

One company says, their business is about “the option to deal with everything online in as little as five minutes” and meant to give back time to people who are grieving.  Another business says it is about “connecting with the families they serve”. One company wants to offer a simple solution and an all-inclusive price…

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Swimming against the stream

By Funeral Director Daily / January 15, 2020 /

To understand me you have to understand that I was somewhat, especially when it came to business, a data geek even before data and the term “data analytics” became in vogue.  When my wife and I were married in 1988 – and I was hatching all kinds of business opportunities outside of the funeral realm,…

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Wages and job satisfaction

By Funeral Director Daily / January 14, 2020 /

As just a lay person and/or consumer it seems that I am constantly hearing two things about wages in America.  On one hand, it seems that I hear people advocating for, regardless of the market situation, wages that should be at a minimum of $15 to $20 per hour in any line of employment.  On…

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Landmark SCI chapel to close today

By Funeral Director Daily / January 10, 2020 /

According to this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the 91-year old H.M. Patterson and Son Spring Hill Chapel in Midtown will be closing at the end of business today – Friday, January 10.  The funeral business and its adjacent gardens, which had reached “Landmark Status” was purchased by a developer in December. The new owners,…

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Funeral Director Daily hits milestones!!!

By Funeral Director Daily / January 9, 2020 /

A couple of days ago the world not only broke into a new decade, but the turning over of the calendar into 2020 also signified a milestone for our little newsletter, Funeral Director Daily.  Last week we passed into the realm of going over 1,000 daily subscribers to the blog I created just to stay…

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