The July 2008 issue of American Funeral Director, Thomas Parmalee wrote a great article about Blogging and the Funeral Industry: “Is it time to Get a Blog? Weighing the Positives and Negatives” The article featured follow Funeral Industry Bloggers, Brian Hanner of Geib Funeral Home…
What is better than being “number one” in Google? By being number one through ten of course. To accomplish this Google domination you have to look beyond your website and harass the power of other websites – like the number one content site, YouTube. Of…
As promised, I was able to pull in a favor – and I know that you will enjoy it and also find it very useful. Join me and Brent Mainprize, Ph.D., as we walk you through step by step how to perform a strategic analysis…
Would you like a place to discuss issues that you are dealing with at your funeral home or cemetery? Even though there are different places on the Internet where conversations are taking place, I wanted to create a place where members of the funeral industry…
I received some great comments and questions about my “Competition” article – thank you! First, many of the issues funeral home owners and managers are unique to your specific market and situation so I cannot offer a blanket answer that everyone could benefit from. The…
Jay Berkowitz and his team at “10 Golden Rules of Internet Marketing” do a great job in laying out practical advise in an easy to follow format. I have referred back to specific podcasts as well as the show notes when I need to take…
On this show, Brad Scott, manager of R.S. Kane Funeral Home in Toronto, Ontario, has an open discussion about competition from both a independent and corporate perspective. Click the Play button at the left of the silver bar >
http://www.funeralfuturist.com/audio/Greening-of-Funerals.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSJune 6, 2008, Niagara Falls, Ontario Robin Heppell moderated a panel discussion about the “Greening of Funerals” at the Funeral Service Association of Canada’s Annual Convention. Panel members are Dave Erb (funeral sector), Erb &…
When did it happen? Has the funeral SERVICE profession always been product focused? I think a long time ago, 25+ years ago – during the good ol’ days of unit pricing- caskets were always part of the success equation but not as much as a…
While presenting at the ICCFA 2008 Annual Convention in San Diego, my Blackberry went off and it was a freelance reporter, Marty Graham. She had been monitoring the schedule of the San Diego Convention Center and saw that there was a Funeral Convention taking place…