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The Importance of Community Presentations

January 24, 2020 by Homesteaders Life Company
Funeral Home Marketing, Featured, Community Engagement

Hosting group presentations in your community is an important marketing component for many funeral homes. When executed correctly, group presentations can help share the benefits of advance funeral planning with more families. Even though hosting these community events is very different from funerals, planning group presentations utilizes the highly developed planning skills that funeral professionals already possess.

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Funeral Etiquette: What to Say When Someone Dies

January 17, 2020 by Alyssa McNab
Featured, Funeral Etiquette

It’s the news no one wants to hear: Someone you care about has lost a loved one. When you know the person who is grieving, but don’t know their loved one well (if at all), it can be especially difficult to decide what to say. Later, when supporting the person during and after the visitation, funeral or memorial service, it can also be tough to know how to express your sympathy.

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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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How to Promote Your Funeral Business at a Community Event

June 6, 2019 by Alyssa McNab
Funeral Home Marketing, Community Engagement

Getting your firm involved in community events can have a significant impact on your funeral home marketing, providing opportunities to interact with local influencers who may recommend your services to an even larger audience. Sticking with the same event routine every year — or opting out entirely — isn’t likely to help you earn referrals and new business.

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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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How to Start a Funeral Home Aftercare Program

April 11, 2019 by Alyssa McNab
Aftercare

A family’s experience with your funeral home doesn’t end immediately after the funeral, and neither does their potential need for grief support. Your firm can serve an important role in this capacity, providing aftercare that offers much-need resources during difficult times and helps extend relationships within the community you serve.

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6 Easy Ways to Improve Communication with Client Families

March 28, 2019 by Alyssa McNab
Funeral Home Business

Families frequently cite excellent communication as a key component of their satisfaction when writing their reviews. Here are six easy ways to improve the way you communicate with client families and start earning even more great reviews for your own firm.

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