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Homesteaders Life Company, a mutual company owned by its policy holders, is a national leader providing products and services to promote and support the funding of advance funeral planning and end-of-life expenses.

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Effective Direct Mail Practices for Your Funeral Home Business

September 26, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Marketing, Funeral Home Business

For many years, funeral home businesses have used direct mail as one way to establish relationships with potential preneed customers. The value of using direct mail for funeral home marketing has stood the test of time, but the most effective methods are always changing alongside evolving consumer preferences.  

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3 Facebook Features to Boost your Funeral Home Social Media

August 8, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Social Media

Most of the major social media platforms offer many more features than just posting updates and links. Developers at Facebook and many other sites continue to expand their abilities (and their worldwide reach) to include more community- and video-focused components. Funeral homes can easily take advantage these features to increase the number of people they connect with in their surrounding area. Take a look at the add-ons offered by Facebook that could help boost your funeral home social media marketing.

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SEO Tips for Your Funeral Home Website

July 12, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Marketing

When was the last time you conducted an online search and explored past the first page of results? If you’re like most search engine users, you probably rarely even bother to pay attention to websites that appear after the top five results.

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How to Add Instagram to Your Funeral Home’s Social Media

June 21, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Social Media

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms today, with an average of 2 billion active users per month. It’s easy to brush off Instagram’s success, especially if your funeral home just recently started managing a Facebook page. However, you shouldn’t rule Instagram out as an important marketing tool.

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Common Funeral Home Marketing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

May 13, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Marketing

Marketing is a constantly moving target. There are a thousand ways to do it and no clear-cut path to success. It’s often a game of trial and error, which can be frustrating for businesses that are trying to reach more customers. Even though there’s no fool proof map to marketing success, there are several ways to hurt your marketing efforts before they even begin. Here are several marketing mistakes to avoid when promoting a funeral home’s services.

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Low-Cost Video Marketing Tools for Funeral Homes

February 15, 2019 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Marketing

Did you know that video marketing remains a key priority for businesses? Many business owners cited reduced production costs, shorter production times and easier in-house creation as reasons they decided to jump on board. Deciding to start creating your own videos can be daunting, but with a little planning, you can create effective marketing videos for your funeral home. 

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What to Wear to a Funeral, Visitation or Celebration of Life Service

September 20, 2018 by Homesteaders Life Company
Featured, Funeral Etiquette

The discussion on what to wear happens pretty frequently when people get together for an event. It’s human nature to be concerned about fitting in and looking appropriate for the situation you’re walking into. It’s for this reason that you can find hundreds of articles, blogs, etiquette columns and Pinterest pins about what to wear to a funeral.

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Interview: The Importance of Funeral Home Leadership and Community Service

June 21, 2018 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Business

In 2018, Homesteaders partnered with the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity for the first CEO Build event that brought together CEOs from insurance companies located in central Iowa together. Spearheaded by Homesteaders' former Chairman Steve Lang, the team of leaders built pieces of a home for a deserving local family. 

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7 Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day without Dad

June 14, 2018 by Homesteaders Life Company
Aftercare

Each year as we approach Father’s Day, it’s important to remember the fathers and grandfathers who have passed away. Whether it was recent or several years ago, client families can still be grieving in their own, unique ways

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6 Ways Funeral Businesses Can Better Serve the Hispanic Community

April 12, 2018 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Industry Trends

The Hispanic community is one of the largest, fastest-growing and youngest demographics in the United States. And, according to Miriam De Dios Woodward, Homesteaders Board Member and President and CEO of De Dios Consulting, it’s a demographic that’s also underserved. “Mainstream service providers aren’t serving the market very well,” she said. “However, the Hispanic community has high purchasing power. This is the demographic to pay attention to.”

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