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As Maine Goes. . .So Goes the Nation

By Funeral Director Daily / July 31, 2018 /

When I was younger the election night banter we always heard was as the title of this article, “As Maine Goes. . . So Goes the Nation”.  What it meant under those circumstances was that the State of Maine had an uncanny history of always selecting the Presidential candidate correctly, so the commentators pointed out…

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Are You Getting Your Wallet Share?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 26, 2018 /

One of the advantages of getting older, grayer, and more experienced in business is that you get a lot of time to reflect on the many things that have happened in the past and then can try to understand how you can put that knowledge into today’s society.  One of the terms I thought about…

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Building Business and Retaining Clients by Adding Services

By Funeral Director Daily / July 24, 2018 /

My wife’s 85 year old father died suddenly last February.  He and his wife had lived in the small – under 3000 person – community that they were both born in for all of his years.  Life in a community like that revolves around community activities that many times are centered around families – not…

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When Opportunity Knocks . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / July 23, 2018 /

I noticed a couple of articles in the last couple of days about ownership at single proprietor funeral homes that are changing hands.  What struck me about the articles is that as you go through living your life, you really need to be ready to answer the door when an opportunity knocks. The first article…

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Is Your Funeral Home a Growth Industry?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 20, 2018 /

In my opinion, when I look for something to invest in, I gauge the safety of the investment as well as the possible return and then make a decision if the balance is there between the two.  I also look at two sides of an equity investment as the potential for growth (as defined by…

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Location, Location, Location

By Funeral Director Daily / July 19, 2018 /

You have heard it said before that when planning a business nothing may be as important to the success of that business as the location that you place it in.  For retail businesses — a stand alone building, a strip mall, a shopping mall — all are potential locations, but the key is to figure…

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Are You Ready for the Changes?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 16, 2018 /

I read a tear jerker article yesterday in the Minneapolis Tribune that you can read here.  The article deals with the July 6 death of a 6 year old Iowa boy and how his parents are using his wishes from speaking candidly with him about what he would want for his funeral and burial preferences.…

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Survive and Thrive

By Funeral Director Daily / July 13, 2018 /

Today we bring you an article from HartfordBusiness.com about a new funeral home business that just opened up in suburban Hartford, Connecticut.  The funeral home is a 5,000 square foot building in Plainville, CT and is owned and operated by a 20-year veteran funeral director Andrea Wasley, a lifelong resident of the community.  You can…

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Environmentally Friendly Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / July 12, 2018 /

Environmentally friendly can come in different ideas and can be different for different people.  In the death care industry there is no shortage of those that want to capitalize on the growing green movement among societies.  In that regard, I found three articles published at different places from around the world that dealt with, in…

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Allnut Family Funeral Homes to replace Greeley Chapel

By Funeral Director Daily / July 11, 2018 /

Not quite a year ago we reported that funeral home consolidator Service Corporation International had acquired 13 locations in Colorado when they announced the purchase of the Allnut Funeral Homes.  We noticed a press release today that indicates how important the growing Colorado market is to the company when SCI announced that they are making…

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