Obituary Links Could Be Facebook’s Next Casualty
Facebook Is Coming for Your Obituary Posts. Here’s What Funeral Homes Need to Know. Facebook is testing a change that could limit some business Pages to just two...
How ‘DantheFuneralMan’ Went Viral–And Grew His Funeral Home 30% With Social Media | Ft. Dan Madden
Dan Madden, owner of Stark Memorial in Salem, Ohio and the face behind the viral social media brand "Dan the Funeral Man," sits down with Ryan Thogmartin of...
Designing for Grief: How Retail Science Is Transforming Funeral Home Environments
For decades, funeral home selection rooms were built to display products. Coordinated slatwalls. Casket cuts. Hardware samples. Fabric swatches. Functional? Yes.Emotionally supportive? Not always. During the Funeral Professional...
Omnichannel vs. Multichannel in Funeral Service: Why Consistency Across the Family Experience Matters
Funeral service is not behind because it lacks ways to reach families. The tools and channelsare there; the challenge is how disconnected they are. That tension was at...
What Is Tukios Up To? The Quiet Shift From Website Provider to AI Juggernaut in Deathcare
If you haven’t been paying close attention to Tukios lately, you should be. Because while the rest of the deathcare profession has been busy debating whether to update...
The First ‘One-Stop Shop’ in Deathcare? Here’s What’s Changing
What happens when two of the most established companies in deathcare decide to collaborate? In this Connecting Directors exclusive, Messenger and American Crematory Equipment come together to announce...
If You Thought You Knew Batesville, You Were Wrong.
While the funeral profession wasn't paying attention, Batesville rebuilt the arrangement room from the ground up. For over a century, Batesville meant one thing: caskets. The best caskets...
Is CCMS Going Bankrupt?
The funeral profession is asking one question: What is happening with Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science? CCMS, the oldest and most respected mortuary science college in the country,...
Why Brands Like Titan Casket & Liquid Death Are Changing the Death Conversation
Death Is Having a Brand Moment, And Funeral Homes Should Be Paying Attention For decades, deathcare has operated in the shadows. Quiet. Reserved. Reactive. And then a canned...
The Funeral Home Products That Fly Off the Shelves and the Ones You’re Weirdly Ignoring
Running a funeral home isn’t just about empathy, efficiency, and expert care, it’s also an exercise in inventory intelligence. From tools directors use every day to meaningful keepsakes...