cremation services

Can Preneed lead funeral homes forward

By Funeral Director Daily / January 16, 2024 /

If you operate or work at a funeral home you know that there is a lot of change going on. . . . .Let’s see, there is less church membership leading to less church services.  And, less church services seems to be leading to less traditional services going so far as to move to an…

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End-of-Life “Purpose” insurance seems to be moving toward Pre-Need

By Funeral Director Daily / July 27, 2023 /

    When you think of End-of-Life “Purpose” insurance there are two basic types.  First, there is Pre-Need which is generally sold by funeral or cremation providers with the death benefit proceeds going directly to those providers to pay for services that have been pre-planned by the purchasers or their caretakers.   Then there is…

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DNA artist should be in your “Contacts”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 25, 2023 /

  This recent television interview and article about Illinois resident Meagen Lee should find a place in your “Contacts” so that you can point clientele survivors to a way that they can have “One-of-a-Kind” cremation art pieces created should they wish.   Lee, who calls herself a DNA artist, has created jewelry, flowers, lighters, pocketknives,…

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Cremation. . .Greek church opposition. . . a couple new products

By Funeral Director Daily / December 2, 2019 /

We will start off our December writings going to the subject of cremation.  Over the long holiday weekend we noticed a couple of articles that we found interesting.  We will bring you some information from Greece and a couple of cremation products that have their origin in Japan. As you know, from this article that…

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What do you see on the Horizon?

By Funeral Director Daily / February 13, 2019 /

The other day a funeral service professional asked me, “What do you see on the horizon for funeral service?”  Since I have not put out any predictions for over a year I thought I would just give an answer on what comes to mind first for me.  Instead of a long, thought out answer sometimes…

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Cremation – What’s Next in the Market?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 7, 2018 /

The Cremation Association of North America just wrapped up its weeklong gathering of cremation professionals at CANA2018.  While I did not attend, I have kept up with some of the issues that were discussed and saw a quote come out of the convention that I wanted to discuss further. The quote I am referring to…

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Who is Your Target Customer and What do They Want?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 1, 2017 /

I posted an article yesterday that showed that even when you think you are an asset-based or value customer you can also be, at some times in some situations, an experiential customer.  By experiential customer I mean that you, as a customer, will pay more for something because you value the experience that it gives…

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