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How Social Media Impacts Your Funeral Home

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Are you Unique?

Years ago one of my business mentors taught me this rule… If an industry is rapidly expanding, an easy strategy is to copy the leaders and grow with the industry. For example, back in the 1990′s Dell copied IBM’s personal computer and grew into a huge corporation. They eventually overtook IBM and became the leader [...]

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YellowPages.com

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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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They stole your spot

They stole your spot. They swooped in while you were busy taking care of families and took your spot…and you should be furious! The spot I am referring to is your first page ranking on the three dominant Internet search engines Google, Yahoo and Bing. Google has about 65% of the market. Yahoo and Bing [...]

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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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