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Improving Staff Morale

If funeral professionals are always taking care of families, who is taking care of funeral professionals? A recent study by Passare examined the future of the funeral home workplace by surveying m...
By Jeff Stewart
In Articles
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Guiding Compassion

The funeral industry is a delicate and essential sector, providing support and solace to grieving families during times of loss. The success of a funeral home hinges on the caliber of its staff. Hi...
By Erin Connolly
In Articles
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Embracing The Future Of Funeral Service

The hiring process often feels like an uphill battle for many funeral home owners. Unfilled roles, not enough qualified candidates, frustrated staff, and time & money invested. And we hear from...
By Alex Kistler
In Articles
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Soliciting and Managing Online Reviews: Do's and Dont's

Online reviews, whether on Google, Yelp, or any online directory, can feel like a minefield if you don’t have a strategy for managing them and using them to your advantage. A tough review can leave...
By Caitlin Bray
In Articles
Friday, January 12, 2024

Why Do You Want a Career in Funeral Service?

It’s a question all of us get asked at some point after deciding funeral service is the career we’ve decided to pursue. I could easily ask a rebuttal question: Why don’t you want to be a funeral di...
By Lauren Budrow
In Articles
Friday, January 12, 2024

4 TIPS to Leverage the Sales and Marketing Potential of Your Website

The headline accompanying the Foresight Companies’ 2023 Funeral and Cemetery Consumer Behavior Study poses a question many in the deathcare profession are asking these days: “Is the Funeral and Cem...
By Bill Williams
In Articles
Friday, January 12, 2024

GRAVE LINERS VS BURIAL VAULTS

In the realm of funeral service, the terminology used to describe outer casket protection can be as diverse as the communities they serve. From burial vaults to grave liners, concrete boxes, and a ...
By Jill Darby
In Articles
Monday, December 11, 2023
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Sabbatical: Gratitude in Action

First, let’s start with a short intro on who Kris Seale is and then meander our way forward in time to the year 2024 when 260 of his 518 employees took a 30-day sabbatical. Yep – you read that righ...

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