The following is a post written by blogger Maciej Ceglowski following his experience using the online obituary section of the New York Times, which is fueled by Legacy.com. The Great Legacy.com Swindle Last month my dear friend committed suicide, and in the middle of many emotions I came into contact with that part of the Internet that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘funeral marketing’
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
Can You Win Playing the Creepiness Card?
This article is By Dan Katz. Dan Katz is President/Creative Director of LA ads – A Marketing Agency, in Northridge, CA, with a specialization in the Deathcare industry. LA ads is an Agent of Change. This article is in response to the article we posted last week titled “Funeral Home Tries Heart-Stopping Advertising“ Can You [...]
11 Feb
Funeral Industry – Is Your Pre-Need Person Well Prepared?
Many times, in the funeral homes I deal with, the pre-need sales person is totally unprepared. They themselves sometimes don’t even know it. They go into a clients home and they think they are making arrangements and showing the family everything the firm has to offer. When in all truth the material they have is [...]
22 Jan
Rolls-Royce Phantom Hearse For Sale on EBAY? – Pictures
You can get just about anything you can think of on Ebay.com, even a fake Rolls-Royce Phantom hearse. Even though this Rolls hearse is fake it is still pretty sweet. I don’t suggest that if you buy this you try to sell it to your families as the real thing. The ebay seller of this hearse [...]
1 Dec
Funeral Homes Feel Economy’s Bite
Grief and a “Payment Due” notice are the only real inescapable parts of death and taxes. Area funeral directors say the troubled economy has customers reassessing how much they can afford for loved ones’ end-of-life services, leaving them balancing financial reality against the desire to provide a proper sendoff. “Right now you’re seeing so many [...]
30 Nov
CDTV Episode 2 – The Value of Webcasting, Giving Thanks
In this episode of CDTV I talk about my very first experience watching a live funeral webcast. I have always thought webcasting was a great idea and could serve a void for certain families, but I also have had doubts on the experience of attending a live webcast. Could you really be emotionally connected through [...]
20 Nov
UK Casket Companies Encouraged to Increase Production Due to H1N1?
The funeral industry believes the number of coffins being made could be increased by 150 per cent were more Britons to fall victim to the pandemic. Most recent figures show there have been 142 deaths linked to the H1N1 virus in England, with an estimated 53,000 new cases in the past week week and 783 [...]
20 Nov
Tax Planning Before Year-End
As we enter the last quarter of 2009, your thoughts and energies should be directed and focused on implementing effective financial strategies that will carryover into the up-coming year and beyond. One very important component of financial strategizing is year-end tax planning. The key to effective tax planning is that it must be completed and [...]
16 Nov
Burial Incidents Prompt Army Probe of Arlington Cemetery
The Army ordered an investigation Friday into operations at Arlington National Cemetery after questions about apparently improper burials. Army Secretary John McHugh said in a statement that the service’s inspector general will look into what he said was “lost accountability” of some graves, as well as poor record-keeping and other issues at the cemetery, the [...]
