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As a funeral professional, you have the privilege and responsibility of helping families navigate what is most likely the most difficult time in their lives. While you are primarily focused on providing them with quality funeral services, it is important to remember to show appreciation to your client families in every stage of the process and throughout your interactions with them.
Read MoreAre you considering a career as a funeral director? If you have a desire to help others and a respect for memorial services, then you may find personal fulfillment as a funeral director knowing you have helped families during their most difficult time.
Read MoreGenerating new business and establishing meaningful connections with client families is a key component to any successful funeral home business plan, and growth in preneed services is essential to help ensure the sustainability of your business. Setting up preneed appointments over the phone is one of the best ways to build brand awareness within your community, increase your preneed sales and help secure your at-need market share.
Read MoreThe secret to adding meaningful touches to funeral services is to ask families questions about their loved one to get to know their passions, preferences and what brought them joy in life. You might be surprised how a small fact about a person influenced big parts of their life. Using this personalized knowledge, and a little out-of-the-box thinking, you can create a meaningful memory for the grieving family and let them know how much you care.
Read MoreWe’re making our way through January and holding tightly to our new year’s motivations. But it’s a difficult task sometimes! We’re here to help you stick to your goals, resolutions, word of the year or whatever it is you’re hoping to move toward this year. We hope that by discovering and sticking with positive habits, you can make your goals a reality.
Read MoreNew year, new you! Each new calendar year comes with a renewed motivation in setting and achieving goals. You might set new year’s resolutions, goals or even a word of the year. We have compiled the top three goals that could apply to any funeral professional—and all of them center around one word: Grow.
Read MoreIt’s critical to keep up with the latest trends in the funeral profession, to know how each generation responds to these trends and why they decide to prearrange their funerals. With that knowledge, you can better connect with your client families and share the benefits of preneed in meaningful ways.
Read MoreDeath has no schedule. It doesn’t matter if it’s 3 a.m. or if you’re in the middle of opening birthday presents, funeral professionals must be willing to put everyone and everything before themselves, and this often means missing out on holiday celebrations and events with their own family and friends. So how exactly should you “plan” to celebrate the holidays or special occasions when plans are always tentative? If you keep several important things in mind, you can create meaningful memories with your family during the holidays, even if you're on call.
Read MoreFuneral professionals know firsthand how rituals and ceremonies can benefit the bereaved. In fact, much of the training provided in mortuary science programs is directly connected to preparing for and facilitating funeral rituals. But did you know that rituals are beneficial for funeral professionals too? I’m not talking about grief-related rituals; I’m referring to rituals that can help funeral professionals by providing motivation, staying grounded, and being mindful. I will provide three examples of funeral professionals using rituals, including an embalmer before preparation of the body, a preplanner before setting appointments, and a funeral director before an arrangement conference.
Read MoreWe feel the same. The year has flown by! By now, you are an expert superfan of our blog posts who loves to review a record year. If not, you are still an eager reader who wants a summary of the best tips for funeral professionals. Wherever you fall within this spectrum, we wanted to bring you a recap of our best blog posts of 2022.
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