During the ICCFA convention I had the opportunity to walk around and see all of the interesting products that were on display. Sometimes, I even had the chance to stop and did a quick video interview and find out more about the product. Below is a video interview I did with Keith Petty from Memorial [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CDTV’
26 Mar
Funeral Home Gambles Business on Facebook!
Facebook has now become the most visited website in the USA. Facebook gets more hits than Google!! So why not use Facebook to leverage your business? At the recent ICCFA convention, many of the keynote presenters talk about the importance of funeral homes having a presents on the social networking site, through a personal page [...]
24 Mar
Turn Your DNA Into a Diamond! – Video
During the ICCFA convention I had the opportunity to walk around and see all of the interesting products that were on display. Sometimes, I even had the chance to stop and did a quick video interview and find out more about the product. Below is a video interview I did with Tom Bischoff from DNA2Diamonds. [...]
23 Mar
Mind Blowing Casket Personalization, Unreal!! – CDTV Episode #14
We have talked about personalization on ConnectingDirectors.com alot in the past. I believe that everyone agrees that personalization of funeral services and funeral merchandise is only becoming more common. Families are demanding that funeral homes offer merchandise that can be personalized. You can personalize anything from the vault carapace, down to designing your own flower [...]
23 Mar
Death at First Sight – Funeral Directors Recall Their First Encounter With The Dead
I was emailed a link this weekend to an Australian film website that details the documentary “Body Work”. Although the documentary was produced in 1988 I still found the clips below to be very interesting. The website explains the documentary as follows: The documentary consists of a series of interviews with professionals working in the [...]
16 Mar
ICCFA Reflections From an Outsider – CDTV Episode #13
CDTV is the world’s most fun funeral industry webshow, focused on industry trends, information, and products and how they can make funeral homes more profitable. Thank you to everyone who stopped by the ConnectingDirectors.com Booth at the ICCFA Convention. I am sorry if I missed anyone, but at least you got to meet my rockstar [...]
16 Mar
An Outsider’s Perspective of The Funeral Industry – CDTV Episode #12
CDTV is the world’s most fun funeral industry webshow, focused on industry trends, information, and products and how they can make funeral homes more profitable. I have been so lucky this week to have my Dad with me at the ICCFA Convention. This is his very first experience with the funeral industry, besides attending a [...]
4 Mar
Content is King, See You in San Antonio – CDTV Episode #11
CDTV is the world’s most fun funeral industry webshow, focused on industry trends, information, and products and how they can make funeral homes more profitable. Have you ever wondered what goes into making the ConnectingDirectors.com booth at a convention? In this episode Ryan gives you and inside look at what makes up the ConnectingDirectors.com ICCFA [...]
23 Feb
A Nightmare Service…That A Funeral Director Makes Right – Video
Zanesville, Ohio, where ConnectingDirectors.com is located has received over 30 inches of snow in the past few weeks making graveside services a nightmare. As many of you know, besides running ConnectingDirectors.com, I work for my family’s burial vault company (primarily in Sales, but when needed I help out on services). With all of the crazy [...]
16 Feb
CDTV Episode #9 – Hands On Review – Heartstrong Memory Beads
CDTV is the world’s most fun funeral industry webshow, focused on industry trends, information, and products and how they can make funeral homes more profitable. We are very excited to bring to you our very first hands on product review. In this episode Ryan dives into a sample box sent to him from Heartsong Memory [...]
