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In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you information from some of our colleagues in the death care industry. We have news from the National Funeral Directors Association about their upcoming national convention as well as three new podcasts from them that you might find interesting. We also have news from some of our business associates…
Read MoreOver the years I’ve moved from really long-range planning about my business to a method where I plan for shorter durations. I think my move has coincided with many who have went from developing long range “strategic” plans to plans that are shorter in duration, less set in stone, and allow a business to be…
Read MoreYou have heard me say many times that small funeral home operators can learn a lot from watching what the public companies are doing in the business. I’m also of the opinion that those of us in North America can learn much from what our colleagues in Australia and Great Britain are doing. . . …
Read MoreAs we post our final Afternoon Edition before the Labor Day holiday we do so with some articles that are heavily weighted to the cemetery side of the death care profession. In today’s News from the World of Death Care we bring you an article from “The Conversation” that deals with how the cemetery could…
Read MoreOur popular Afternoon Edition is back in circulation after being out of touch for a couple of weeks due to some of the technical difficulties we encountered at Funeral Director Daily. Today we will bring you some news of who’s been hired in the industry and some information from our friends at Clifton Larson Allen…
Read MoreIn the last couple of months or so I’ve heard from funeral home owners, or heard on a webinar, that the loss of revenue on a per case basis has been anywhere from about 9% to almost 40% in North America. Even the public companies, such as Service Corporation International and Carriage Services, acknowledged in…
Read MoreWhat makes a funeral home exemplary? The funeral profession is filled to the brim with multiple players, but as in any competitive field, only a few businesses rise to the top. These funeral homes embody certain characteristics that elevate them above the competition. Here are the top three components of exceptional funeral homes. Owners Who…
Read MoreWith today being the last day in the business calendar of the first eight months of the year and April to June reports all in, I thought it might be a good time to find out where the Death Care Index is sitting in relation to the stock market in general. The Death Care Index,…
Read MoreOn Tuesday the Hormel Corporation announced a new employee benefit available to all United States Hormel Corporation employees. This benefit, that they are calling “Inspired Pathways”, will pay for two-years of community or junior college tuition for all children of the aforementioned Hormel employees. You can read an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune here…
Read MoreTo our readers: Before we get into our feature article of the day I want to apologize to readers who did not receive distributed copies of Funeral Director Daily last Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, we ran into issues where we simply outgrew our former distributor of Funeral Director Daily emails, Twitter, and Facebook postings. The…
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