Business
There is an incredible amount of trust in the death care business. Families trust funeral directors to care for their most prized possessions — their loved ones who die. And, good funeral directors know of that trust and do everything within their power to diligently carry out the requests of families who put that trust…
Read MoreWe commented on an article about what an author called “Big Funeral” in last Friday’s edition of Funeral Director Daily. While I told you I didn’t agree with much of the article from Wired, I thought it was a pretty good read and, at least, one author’s not so great opinion of the death care…
Read MoreThe funeral profession has long had its critics. Those of us in the profession have to understand that and know that from time to time we are going to be broadsided by those critics’ calls for change. Recently this article entitled “How ‘Big Funeral’ made the afterlife so expensive” was published in Wired. It’s a…
Read MoreEvery once in a while I come across a couple of items that are sometimes related and it makes me think about potential business aspects of the items when combined together. That recently happened to me once again — late in September I received a marketing e-mail from the Cremation Association of North America (CANA)…
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Last weekend people in Charlotte, North Carolina, had the opportunity to see a truck drive around the area with this message on the sides and rear, “Don’t get vaccinated: Wilmore Funeral Home“. According to this article from CNet, the truck sparked a viral buzz. Turns out that there is no Wilmore Funeral Home and if…
Read MoreI read this recent article from Yahoo Finance where the COO of Salesforce, Bret Taylor, states that if he was starting a company in today’s world he would first start with the company’s “Digital Headquarters” rather than an operational physical headquarters. That statement alone shows the “mega shift” in business, workforce, and consumer acquisition thought…
Read MoreI don’t know if it is just me or others see it too. For years funeral directors seemed to work in anonymity, but when someone called us we were always there to answer. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I seem to think that funeral directors and morticians are finally seen in our society for…
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Editor’s Note: For as yet unknown technical reasons, our daily article was not sent out earlier this morning. Sorry. . here it is. All things are created equal. . . . until they’re not. In the death care business I’m not so sure all of the calls we get at our funeral homes are created…
Read MoreThe time to set your budgets for 2022 is fast approaching. To make your business turn into profits, and your work worthwhile, it is imperative that you realistically look at the services you provide and the mix of those services so that you can have an accurate idea of the revenue you are going to…
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