Why The Answer Is Not Just Increasing Volume [Alan Creedy]
Article From: Alan Creedy, Creedy Commentary I am a CPA. As I have watched the financial metrics of funeral service continue in their long slow decline over the past...
Why We Can’t Afford To Follow Your Lead Anymore [Alan Creedy]
Article From: Alan Creedy, Creedy Commentary ALPHA DOGS AND THE ROAD TO NOWHERE Alpha Dogs are frequently those “Type A” personalities that exercise undue influence on others, especially organizations....
Is Your Funeral Home In Danger of Becoming Irrelevant?
Guest article from: Alan Creedy and originally appeared on the FuneralOne Blog Are you in danger of becoming irrelevant? Sometimes it’s easy to fall down that slippery slope. Countless...
Hammers, Nails, Pews and Hearses
Article By: Alan Creedy, Creedy Commentary My discussion of reinvention / transformation has sparked more comment (online and offline) than most any other topic. Clearly it is on every...
The Vast Majority of Funeral Homes are Using This Inappropriately
Originally from the Creedy Commentary The survey in the attached article isn’t about funeral service and, frankly, most funeral homes aren’t engaged in social media…sad. And I can...
You Should Be Offended…Or Maybe Not?
Friday this last week my day started with a couple of emails and a phone call expressing outrage over a post on Connecting Directors. This one: ...
Should I Buy the Business From Dad or Should We Sell to a Consolidator?
Question: Alan, my father and I have agreed your valuation opinion is a fair price and I think we are ready to move forward on his buyout and...
The Simpler The Strategy The More Likely The Success
Why do DeathCare Practitioners get these “Deer In The Headlight” looks when you use the word “Strategy” in their presence? I think it’s partly because they don’t really know where to start what...
Reinventing Obituaries: Trend Shows Signs of Becoming an Avalanche
I don’t think I have seen anything come on as fast as this obituary thing. It started in a few isolated spots maybe 4 or 5 years ago. ...
This Blog Is Interrupted For Something Much More Important
I know you are busy but YOU HAVE TO READ THIS! If you want to know what our future is about then I want to share a key...