In a recent BBC4 radio documentary on dying a good death, Dr. Kate Granger, a 31-year-old with terminal cancer, remarked that she would be tweeting from her deathbed.
In our business world we are inundated with all sorts of educational title acronyms that seem to provide status following the name of the beholders; i.e., MBA, PhD, CFP, CLTC, CFSP and so on. Of course, there are position titles out of the wazoo; CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CTO, etc., etc.
Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional innovative solutions to funeral providers, Kevin Keane, President of Messenger announced today that Messenger has completed its acquisition of Epitech; the Expression Guest Registry Company.
The Eternal Image Group LLC, a licensing company active in the memorial products industry, today unveiled its line of caskets, urns, monuments, and stationery, all officially licensed by Major League Baseball Properties. Product details and links to photo galleries
No matter what type of business you have, there’s always something you can do to improve your Facebook Page. These 14 tiny changes are a great place to start.
Get it: ‘Myra Mains’ aka ‘my remains’. Perfect name for a funeral director…but will anyone really take her serious?
When Jim Tipton saw a massive tombstone in a Gainesville, Fl., cemetery that was engraved with the name Waldo, he snapped a photo, developed the film and coded a rudimentary HTML website, which he titled “I Found Him.” The year was 1995, during the Internet’s early days, but the photo quickly went viral, passed by e-mail from friend to acquaintances and beyond.
FrontRunner Professional announced today its strategic partnership with DISRUPT Media, the funeral profession’s dedicated social media provider, founded by Ryan Thogmartin of Connecting Directors. This new partnership will…
It doesn’t get much lower than this: Bands of thieves are targeting families at their most vulnerable. Here’s how it works: When you lose a loved one, you post an obituary in the paper, along with details of the funeral. The criminals know you won’t be home, and that’s when they strike… while you’re at the cemetery.
For decades, burial has been by far the most common form of disposition in the United States. Most Americans never gave it a second thought: their grandparents were buried; their great-grandparents were buried—it just made sense that they’d get buried, too, in the family plot, beside their closest relatives.
No matter what type of business you have, there’s always something you can do to improve your Facebook Page. These 14 tiny changes are a great place to start.
Jeff Jorgenson, owner of Seattle’s green funeral home Elemental, has bought his company its first zero emissions electric vehicle. he’s having a contest for graphic designers (or amateur enthusiasts) to create a classy enviro-logo for the car. The prize for the winner? A FREE CREMATION or a…
The idea is that you think like a consumer and not a funeral director, we don’t mean that in a negative way at all, what we are trying to say is ‘you are a normal consumer just like your client families, and once you grasp the concept that your marketing effort are targeted at consumers just like you (you are really who you are marketing to) then it becomes easier to understand how new forms of marketing online play a role in grabbing the engagement of targeted consumers researching death-care services.
The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association has formed an ad-hoc Hospice Committee of uniquely-qualified industry professionals to develop programs in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
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