Carriage Services Inc. Stock Is Up An Astonishing 188% In The Past Year
What one might think of as the ultimate safe haven category has often proven vulnerable to wild market swings and scandals. Forecasts now call for steady growth, however....
Let Your Funeral Home Employees Use Social Networks And They Will Be More Productive
Encourage them to use 5 or more social networks and they will be even more productive. Hey, funeral home owners who block employees from using social media at...
Coming Soon: The Official Orange County Choppers Casket
A funeral should be about giving the family what they want. From the first time I met Traci and Nathan it was 100% obvious that this was their...
What Are You Going To Choose?
You ask our friends, you ask family and you ask every family you serve, but what do you choose? (more…)
5 Resourceful Grief and Inspiration Pinterest Boards
Visual images dominate social media. Last week we posted an article about the impact of visual media on Facebook, but what about Pinterest? Can funeral homes and funeral companies...
Guess What Made The List – 15 Of The Worst QR Code Fails Of All Time
Gillette made headlines recently for an ad starring Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton and the gimmick people love to hate: a QR code. In the funeral profession QR codes were...
High School Assignment On Cemeteries Kickstarts Young Funeral Director’s Career
When I read articles like the one below it gives me hope for the future of the funeral profession. It's exciting to see a young women so passionately pursuing a...
Have You Ever Had A Pacemaker Explode During Cremation?
As most of you know pacemakers must be removed before cremation. Caleb Wilde pointed this out on the 'Confessions of a Funeral Director' Facebook Page: FACT: If pacemakers aren't removed...
129 “Death Melodies” Crowdsourced By Caleb Wilde
Last Friday Caleb Wilde made a blog post asking the 'Confessions on a Funeral Director' reader base to post songs about death. From CalebWilde.com: How many death related...
Report: 70% of Consumers Trust Brand Recommendations From Friends
Seventy percent of consumers trust brand recommendations from friends, but only 10% trust advertising, according to a new report from Forrester Research. This is extremely important information for...