Business
I’ve been an entrepreneur and have started some businesses outside of the death care realm. I think one of the things that happens to every entrepreneur who starts a business that is new and unique is that they open their doors for business and then wonder if anybody will purchase their goods and/or services. No…
Where a person dies does have an effect on funeral home operations. One simple effect you can see is that of two person removal teams to homes rather than a one-person removal being done at a hospital or nursing home where there is always facility staff help if needed. This recent article from the Associated…
Sometimes it is difficult to take a public stand on an issue. You might feel strong one way or another, but you know that taking a public stance could possibly hinder the amount of business that you do. It is pretty evident in America right now that if you flew a Trump 2020 flag in…
Today we celebrate President’s Day 2021 in the United States. We’ve just been through an election. . .and an impeachment hearing. There is no doubt that the American president, whomever it is at the time, is the centerpiece of the most media attention of any human being on the planet during his time in office.…
Many of the decisions that have been made over the years in business have been made by “gut feel”. Lots of business people, including those in the funeral business, have made lots of money by following their hunches. I was a little bit like that as in the 1980’s I didn’t have a lot of…
We touched on the subject last week when we did an article questioning how some in authority view funeral directors and other death care professionals in light of large financial fines for a service going over the allotted number of allowed mourners in Great Britain and the death care professionals in Ohio trying to be…
Operating a funeral home and/or crematory operation as a business is an expensive proposition to start when you think of the fixed costs that it will take. It’s not like starting a lawn care service where you need some basic equipment and wait for the phone to ring to put it to use. In the…
When I was in Middle School and High School and my father, a 3rd generation funeral director, would talk to me about being a funeral director he would always say something like this, “It’s a noble profession. You won’t get rich but you will do fine making a nickel at a time and you will…
For those of you readers who are not funeral directors, have you attended a funeral in the last six months? I haven’t. . . . and I cannot remember when the last time I attended a funeral was. Truth be told, since I have left full-time funeral directing and management, I have chosen to go…
Over the past two years I’ve heard a lot about Welton Hong. It seems like many places I turn somebody has a story about how Mr. Hong has helped their funeral home with their business marketing. He’s also written the book as they say on internet marketing. . . matter of fact his book is…
