How FindaGrave.com Netted 10-Million Page Views Per Day
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...
FrontRunner Professional announces exclusive strategic partnership with DISRUPT Media
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...
10 Gadgets To Sexy Up Your Funeral Home
There's a reason your client families flip through Skymall every time they board a flight, dog-earing catalogue pages with giant floating trampolines and vibrating bath mats — they (we) love...
Who’s Next On Service Corp International’s Purchase List?
It's a pretty simple question without a lot of pizzazz. The last two big buyouts by Service Corp International were Keystone and now Stewart Enterprises. So that leaves...
9 Funeral Videos You Didn’t Expect To See
Vine, a mobile app created by Twitter, allows users to create and share short video clips. Like Twitter, brevity is valued and video clips can’t exceed six seconds...
Lifehacker Taps Joshua Slocum As ‘Funeral Expert’ For The Masses, You Should Be Concerned
Lifehacker.com is one of the most popular blog sites in the world with 14.5 million monthly readers and is ranked #8 by Google's Pagerank. A lot of people...
ICCFA Forms Hospice Committee, Announces First Partnership Program With Hospice Group
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...
Service Corp International CEO: “There’s Going To Be Job Loss”
In the initial press release issued by Service Corporation International announcing plans to aquire Stewart Enterprises it stated that: SCI expects to generate approximately $60 million in annual cost savings from the...
If You Own Shares Of SCI Or Stewart Enterprises’ Stock You’re Happy About The Acquisition…Right?
Service Corporation International announced early Wednesday morning that they would be purchasing Stewart Enterprises for around $1.1 billion. The chatter around this acquisition hasn't been positive (see comments left on...
FrontRunner Professional Announces Their Exclusive Strategic Partnership With Mysendoff.com
FrontRunner Professional announced today its strategic partnership with mysendoff.com the Internet’s only website devoted exclusively to helping bring consumers and forward thinking funeral professionals together. This new partnership...