No One Wants to Talk about Death and Funerals…Bulls**t!
It’s true; death has always been a taboo topic. I remember 8 years ago when I first started working in the funeral profession I would bring up the...
It’s true; death has always been a taboo topic. I remember 8 years ago when I first started working in the funeral profession I would bring up the...
Article by Ryan Thogmartin, Owner, DISRUPT Media Group and Connecting Directors LLC. We have all heard the expression “...bringing a knife to a gun fight.” Well that expression applies when...
There has been a large amount of conversation lately around the topic of copyrights. For example: Who owns the copyright for obituaries? Our good friends Robin Heppell and Poul...
A few months ago I posted a reply I made to a blogger who wrote an article titled, "When Social Media is Not Right for You" and used the funeral...
Funeral professionals are the ultimate "caring" professionals. Many funeral professionals have even agreed that they are better at "caring" then they are at "business" (disclaimer: I am not...
This article was written by Ryan Thogmartin and was originally published in the June issue of The Director magazine. It will be broken down into a multiple articles...
The funeral profession was in an uproar yesterday following the 60 Minutes segment "Final Resting Places". The content of the segment sparked conversation again around the regulations, or lack...
I got an email forwarded to me last week from a funeral director who used to have a Batesville showroom. The email was announcing the “Batesville Insight Council”, ...
There has been some heavy conversation going on this week regarding Tributes.com vs Legacy.com. It has been deep and informative conversation, even mean and dirty! So to lighten the mood I...