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An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune which you can access here was headlined, “U.S. overdose deaths hit a record 93,000 in pandemic last year”. The article went on to say that the calendar year 2020 saw a record number of deaths due to drug overdoses in the year. . . an increase of 29%…
Read MoreReally good funeral directors are great to have working on your team. If you have a really good funeral director in your employ, how do you know it? Are there metrics that can be quantified to tell if you do have a really good funeral director on your team? If so, how do you get…
Read MoreI’ve operated and managed a thriving funeral home. If you’ve been there and done it. . . you know it is 24/7/365. . . .not many days go by when you don’t worry about something. And, I’ve dealt with grieving family members, regulators, and the consumer movement too. When you operate a community funeral home,…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: I apologize for the tardiness of this article today. This post was scheduled to go out as usual at 4 am Eastern Time, but for some reason, technology failed us. Enjoy some thoughts to think about as we move into the weekend. My first trip to Europe in 1991 reminds me that I’m…
Read MoreCanada’s privately owned funeral home and cemetery company, Arbor Memorial, was recently selected as a “Gold Standard Winner” for Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies award for the 4th straight year. The award is the country’s leading business award program recognizing entrepreneurial companies for the caliber of their management abilities and practices. You can see a press…
Read MoreRemember when you were younger and wanted something. . . .but mom or dad said you could not have it? Did it make you more determined to want whatever that item was? Over the long holiday weekend I saw a couple of items in the news that made me think of that long lost feeling. …
Read MoreFrom time to time, Funeral Director Daily asks experts in their field to author articles that we believe may be helpful to our readers. In today’s world virtually every funeral home has a website. However, having a website is not adequate anymore. . . . . knowing what that website can do for your business…
Read MoreThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published this article on Matthews International entitled “From tombstones to fuel cells, Matthews International wants to leave its mark on clean mobility“. The article is a great read on Matthews and reminded me that this “quiet company” of funeral service continues to make a difference every day, not only in the…
Read MoreFuneral Director Daily CEO and Editor Tom Anderson appears on FD Talks – Funeral Director Life’s recurring discussion of topics of interest to those in the Death Care profession. In Episode #11 of FD Talks you can see and hear Host Rob Davison and Tom Anderson break down inflation in the funeral profession, provide solutions…
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