Americans Spent $53 Billion on Pets
Number of the day $52.9 billion That's how much Americans spent last year on pet care, buying products and services to pamper their four-legged friends from cradle to grave. There are...
Funeral Industry News
We Hate Yelp and Funeral Homes Should Too
I hate Yelp! Why? I recently had a conversation with a funeral home in Columbus, Ohio who said, "I think Yelp is shady, do you know anything about...
DVD: In-House or Outsource?
Do most funeral homes create their DVD’s in house, or do they outsource to their ‘local technology expert’? To my surprise through months of questioning many different firms...
10,000 Facebook Users Die Each Day, What If You Could Control The Obituary?
I was contacted last week by a new startup company called Everta.lk. They have created a Facebook Canvas app the turns a deceased users Facebook Profile into a...
Do You Want To Be In The Record Books?
Open letter to all Funeral Directors. Hello, last year ‘Connecting Directors’ posted an article about our hearse club, Just Hearse’N Around, and our attempt to set a Guinness...
‘Til We Meet Again Finds New Life in Fort Wayne
Wichita, Kansas (September 6, 2012) The Willow Group, LLC, franchisor for ‘Til We Meet Again, a new retail concept specializing in the sale of custom-made, personalized, lifestyle, licensed...
Should I Buy the Business From Dad or Should We Sell to a Consolidator?
Question: Alan, my father and I have agreed your valuation opinion is a fair price and I think we are ready to move forward on his buyout and...