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Patient, But Proactive – Idea Cards
Often people in grief are still in such a state of shock that they have difficulty making critical decisions. Although we as funeral home directors recognize this reality, it can at times make the process [...]
How to be in Two Places at Once
How many of us wish we could be in two places at once! We have our schedule planned out, and then suddenly we are accosted by an obligation that just can’t wait. In the funeral [...]
Lift Someone’s Spirit
Make a tremendous difference in the life of a grieving person. With a few minutes of your time, you can text an encouraging Thought for the Day to someone whose world collapsed when a loved [...]
The “Tribute Cake”
Today, as a funeral director, you have a new-found freedom to introduce unique and meaningful elements into funeral services. More and more people are becoming comfortable with actively celebrating the life of their loved one [...]
Spinning Your Wheels
Time is precious, no matter who you are. From a business standpoint, time is money. Too often business owners “spin their wheels” working hard for long hours, only to realize later that they actually accomplished [...]
Comforting Symbols
As you help grieving families prepare the funeral service for their loved one, explore their religious background with probing questions. Even if people are not particularly religious as adults, when death hits close to home, [...]
Always Bring them Back to You
When promoting your funeral home, whether you are using print advertising, radio, or the Internet, make sure that you have provided an avenue for your potential clients to be brought back to you. Both the [...]
Funeral Home as a Business
Do you ever feel as if you are being pulled in too many directions? As a funeral home director, you are first and foremost a grief counselor whose job it is to initiate the grieving [...]
Celebration Funerals – The Celebration of Life
The long-held tradition of having a hushed funeral service with family and friends whispering and tiptoeing around may have been formally broken. Respect for the deceased has been recast, replacing passive mourning with active celebration. [...]
Thinking outside the box…
That is what the Golden Gate Funeral Home does very effectively, according to their happy clients. Featured on The Learning Channel’s pilot show, “Best Funeral Ever” Sunday, January 6th at 9 EST/10CST, viewers were able [...]