Nursing Home Marketing Tactic That Will Shock You
A nursing home made a great gift for their staff and family members of its residents: a limited edition calendar featuring its residents dressed as actors in scenes...
Funeral Industry News
Why Would Anyone Commit Obituary Piracy?
Article by: Jules Green, Frontrunner Professional The business models of these companies (who shall remain nameless; I’ll simply call them third-party marketers) are simple. They strive to make...
New Ad-Free Obituary Site TheMemorialPost.com Takes Big Swing at Legacy.com.
A new campaign launched this week on crowd-funding site Indiegogo. The Memorial Post bills itself as “the world’s most comprehensive online tool for creating and publishing advertising-free obituaries.”...
Elderly Couple Took The Same Picture Every Season, Then It All Changed
The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” for a reason. Explaining how we feel is one way of getting a message across. Another is simply showing...
The Casket Bed So Many Have Been Waiting For
Amazon.com Product Description: Long awaited casket bed design. Sleep peacefully in this Gothic inspired Casket bed. This piece is the real thing, use it as a coffin when...
Lack of Condom Use Puts Funeral Directors At Risk
A recent article on Gawker.com exposed that according to a recent New York Times op-ed from Ezekiel J. Emanuel, studies find that STDs are rising in communities of single senior citizens....
Unique Continuing Education Event Debuted by Pierce Mortuary Colleges and Wilbert Licensees
Pierce Mortuary Colleges held the first Continuing Education event for funeral professionals in January that featured a real-time video broadcast of a live-audience presentation to remote locations with...