funeral business
I came across this article the other day about the rise of crowdfunding to pay for funerals. Now, this is not the first time we have written about this subject, but this article is interesting because it points out some statistics and trends behind this phenomena. The article is a public relations article about the…
Read MoreI heard about this process almost a year ago but did not really know enough to write on the subject until I came across this article from The Telegraph, a publication of Hearst Media. The process that I refer to is that of tattoo removal from a deceased body. As it turns out there are…
Read MoreToday I will be enjoying one of my favorite days of the year. . . . Convocation Day at the University of Minnesota. It is the day we welcome the new students to the University of Minnesota and as one of the 12 people appointed by the State Legislature to serve on the governing board…
Read MoreA couple of things came to my attention last week that made me again think about the staffing issue facing funeral homes across the country. While I am no longer on the front lines in looking for licensed staff, I do hear from my colleagues that hiring and retaining professional funeral home licensed staff is…
Read MoreIn 2011 Davina Bambrick was forced to euthanize her 14-year old dog, Bennie. She now says that the worst of that situation was when “Bennie was abruptly whisked away” after being euthanized. She commented recently, “It was kind of an unusual process, that lacked a lot of care or empathy at the time. We weren’t…
Read MoreWe want to continue to thank our loyal readers for making Funeral Director Daily what we believe is the fastest growing informational format for the death care industry read today. Our readership increased for the 3rd consecutive month — and for July 2019 from June 2019 we saw an increase of 6.8% of daily views. …
Read MoreOver the years I learned a lot about marketing. When sales reps for different advertising mediums came into our business to either sell or re-new our programs I always looked at them as extensions of our business and not sales people. I figured that if I could learn from them I could use that knowledge…
Read MoreWhat to do with a funeral home that has “become outdated and closed due to a drop in demand?” That is the question that seems to have an answer from most of us and, in particular, the owner in this case Service Corporation International (SCI). I’m guessing that most of us would put the building…
Read MoreWe learned yesterday that the Trump administration Department of Justice has filed another brief in support of the funeral home that will have its case on transgender discrimination heard by the Supreme Court this fall. The case, which we highlighted in a Funeral Director Daily article that you can read here earlier this year, is…
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