Posts Tagged funeral home consultants


How Social Media Impacts Your Funeral Home

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Seeing is Believing

The following is a short essay that I wrote for one of my clients who was struggling to explain the importance of having the body present at a visitation. I eventually sent it out to my entire email list (3,500+) and it turned out to be the most popular email I’ve ever sent. Seeing is [...]

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What’s Your Plan for 2011?

It’s that time of the year again….planning time. It happens every year. Business slows down around Thanksgiving and we coast through the Christmas season. I like that predictable cycle because it gives me a chance to focus on my family and the spirit of the season. As soon as we hit January all heck breaks [...]

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How to Leverage Internet Marketing

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Price Shoppers

Funeral Home Marketing Training – How do you respond to a price shopper? Watch this video to learn an innovative approach. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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5 Ways The Cremation Client is Different

Funeral Home Marketing Training – Having a hard time understanding your cremation family? Watch this video to learn the 5 ways that a cremation family is different from your traditional family. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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The Marketing Value of Going Green

Funeral Home Marketing Training – Is going green a potential marketing strategy for your funeral home? Watch this video to learn more. Google+

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A Cremation Friendly Website

Funeral Home Marketing Training – Is your website sending the wrong message to a cremation family? Watch this video to learn more. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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Is Copying Hurting Your Business?

I’ll remember it for the rest of my life…I was 9 years old and in grade 4. When suddenly, out of the blue, my best friend and I were called down to the principal’s office for copying each others work. That was the day that I experienced the sting of the principal’s “strap” on the [...]

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Your Ideal Family

There are dozens of different factors that will influence the success or failure of your funeral home business. But the number one issue that I believe every funeral home owner must address is…your focus, more specifically your ability to focus on attracting your ideal family. Google+

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Some Surprises In The Data

Funeral Home Marketing Training – You can learn a lot by checking the marketing data that Google Adwords provides. Watch this video to learn a few surprising things. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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First Impression

Everyone in business knows that first impressions are very important. When a family walks in your door you want them to feel like they have entered a safe haven. Everything they see, smell, hear, and touch helps them to form their first impression of your funeral home. It’s rarely a conscious decision but rather a [...]

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Yellow Pages

You’re trapped…and the Yellow Pages sales rep knows it. He is sitting their counting his commissions as you make that gut wrenching decision to continue your Yellow Pages ad for another year. Do you do a quarter page ad, a third page, maybe even a half page? Do you try to jump ahead of your [...]

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Innovations You Should Consider

Funeral Home Marketing Training – Is your funeral home basically the same as every other funeral home in town? Watch this video to learn some easy innovations you should consider. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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The 3 Reasons People Don’t Buy

Every week I take at least a couple of hours to read over my personal marketing journals. They’re nothing too elaborate looking, just a series of note books that I’ve kept for years…but they’re worth a fortune to me. In these journals I record any marketing “wisdom” that I come across or that I learned [...]

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The Basics of Google Adwords

Funeral Home Marketing Training – Learn the 5 things every funeral home owners should know about Google Adwords Google+

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Should You Add Pet Services?

Some funeral home owners are adding pet cremation services. Is that the right thing to do from a marketing perspective? Watch this video to learn more. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Google+

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Marketing Predictions for 2010

I have received at least a dozen emails over the last week asking my thoughts on 2010 as it relates to funeral home marketing. So here it goes… My crystal ball is in front of me and I’m entering into a psychic trance (not really but the imagery seemed appropriate). Here are the top 5 things that I [...]

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Who Do You Compete With?

There’s an old story that you’ve probably heard… Two hikers see a bear ahead of them on the path. The bear starts chasing them when one of the hikers stops to put on his running shoes. The first hiker screams “What are you doing? Running shoes aren’t going to help you out run the bear”. [...]

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Where Most Marketing Fails

Why is marketing so hard? Actually, I should say…why is effective marketing so hard? Marketing has only one goal…to grow your funeral home business. If it’s not doing that then your marketing isn’t working properly. But if your marketing is broke how do you know what you’re supposed to fix? Should you switch from TV [...]

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