How to Help Your Product Sell Itself: Part 1 “Vertical Merchandising”
There is an art to presentation and display, but there is also a science. Certain areas of your selection room sell better than others. If you have ever...
Will anybody listen?
It has been awhile since I have felt up to blogging and I hope to get back to my normal routine soon, but an email from my good...
Why We Do What We Do
The Holiday Season in funeral homes is a bittersweet experience. The wounded families of loved ones, who have been unable to hold onto life, succumb to the numbness...
Pictures Show That We Lived
I was rummaging through storage boxes recently when I happened across a shoebox filled to overflowing with mementos of my grandfather. The box was faded blue and yellow...
I Could Care Less!
How is it that in this modern world of words, we surrender proper English for the meaningless? Do we purposefully misuse words to make a point? Perhaps it...
The Light You Emit Might Even Light a Star…
I am here to tell you that the things you do without thinking may be the very things that inspire someone else to greatness. Mentoring is one of...
I Would be Unstoppable if I Could Only Get Started
Indeed there is a need to communicate in a timely fashion but most of us can?t resist ? after reading the email message ? to open all the...
Funeral Industry: Seeds Are Small, But Seeds Are Powerful
Each of us contains seeds of greatness but what we do with them is entirely up to us. Each one of us has the potential to change lives...
Funeral Industry: Feet Firmly Fixed on a Foundation of Faith
There are times in the life of a funeral director when assaults come from all sides. The core of our belief structures can be shaken and the growth...
Funeral Industry: To Heck with Tradition – Let’s Play Rock n Roll
Today?s funeral music would make my grandfather turn over in his grave. He was accustomed to tradition and propriety and would have been aghast at some of the...