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SIMPLICITY: Low Country Cremation and Burial Services Opens Second Location

SIMPLICITY: Low Country Cremation and Burial Services Opens Second Location

Summerville, SC – SIMPLICITY: Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services Inc., the area’s premier value-oriented alternative to the high cost of traditional funeral homes, has announced the opening of a second location in the Summerville area.  This new operation joins the original location on Peppermill Parkway in North Charleston in serving the families of the Lowcountry. “When I started…

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FrontRunner Professional Releases New Video Condolence Technology

FrontRunner Professional Releases New Video Condolence Technology

FrontRunner Professional has released new video condolence technology that will allow families to leave condolences in video format on a funeral home’s website through the Book of Memories™  online memorial tribute pages, easily and conveniently on any computer, tablet or mobile device. “Today, families are geographically spread out more so than ever before. Often, how they connect is through…

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299 SECONDS OF INFO HOTTER THAN A BURNING CREMATORY | DISRUPTu! 029

299 SECONDS OF INFO HOTTER THAN A BURNING CREMATORY | DISRUPTu! 029

Spend the next 299 seconds doing something valuable for your funeral home. Watch this video. In the next 299 seconds Ryan answers these three questions: 1. When a Facebook post is boosted, who sees it? 2. What is the best way to generate Facebook Page likes? 3. Why is social media make more sense now than ever before? Learn more about DISRUPT Media: http://www.disruptmedia.co About Ryan…

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NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High

NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High

Brookfield, Wis. (July 18, 2017) – The rate of cremation in the United States is at an all-time high and surpassed the rate of burial for the second year in a row according to the National Funeral Directors Association’s (NFDA) 2017 Cremation and Burial Report. The annual report found that 50.2 percent of Americans chose cremation in 2016, up from 48.5 percent in 2015, while 43.5 percent of…

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The Cremation Logs: CANA Launches Blog

The Cremation Logs: CANA Launches Blog

There’s a new place online where cremation experts share their take on the latest news and trends—and offer up some creative advice—The Cremation Logs [http://www.cremationassociation.org/blogpost/776820/The-Cremation-Logs]. As the leading authority on all aspects of cremation, CANA is eager to enable free and easy access to valuable information that strengthens the industry and promotes best…

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Batesville Sponsors Keynote Dr. Kathleen Hall at 80th Annual NFDMA Exposition

Batesville Sponsors Keynote Dr. Kathleen Hall at 80th Annual NFDMA Exposition

BATESVILLE, Ind., July 18, 2017 – Batesville, the leading provider of high quality products and profit-enhancing solutions to today’s death care professionals, is proud to welcome Dr. Kathleen Hall, founder and CEO of The Stress Institute and Mindful Living Network, to the  80th annual National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association (NFDMA) convention, July 31 – August 2 in Myrtle Beach,…

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Part-Time Funeral Director - Ft. Myers, FL

Part-Time Funeral Director – Ft. Myers, FL

We are looking for a Part-time Funeral Director to join our team at Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral & Cremation Services located in Ft. Myers, Florida! We take great pride in our reputation of being the leading funeral service provider in our community. Our family and staff are dedicated to ensuring that each funeral reflects the unique life of the deceased and, at the same time, is meaningful and…

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NFDA Policy Board Elects Pasquale Folino and Dutch Nie to Serve on Board of Directors

NFDA Policy Board Elects Pasquale Folino and Dutch Nie to Serve on Board of Directors

Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Policy Board met on July 14 in Coeur d’Alene, ID, and elected Pasquale S. Folino, CFSP, CCO, of Thomas L. Neilan & Sons in new London, Conn., and Douglas “Dutch” R. Nie II, CFSP, CCO, of Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Ann Arbor, Mich., to serve as at-large representatives on the association’s Board of Directors.…

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Funeral Home Owner Daryl R. Berry Wins June Sich Casket Giveaway

Funeral Home Owner Daryl R. Berry Wins June Sich Casket Giveaway

July 7, 2017 — Sich Casket has announced the winner of their monthly “Year of the Funeral Director” casket giveaway for June. The winner, Daryl R. Berry is the owner, funeral director and embalmer of Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Mr. Berry will receive the Sich “Progress” model, their 18-ga steel lilac casket with natural brush finish and Lavender Crepe interior.…

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San Francisco Agreed to Exhume 150,000 Bodies in 1914. Why it Happened is Fascinating.

San Francisco Agreed to Exhume 150,000 Bodies in 1914. Why it Happened is Fascinating.

Just 10 miles south of San Francisco is a small town called Colma which is home to 1,600 living residents and 1.5 million dead ones. Colma’s land is occupied by 17 cemeteries and is a place that the President of the Colma Historical Association, Maureen O’Connor, calls  the only true necropolis in the United States. The town motto? “It’s Great to be Alive in Colma.” How did Colma end up so… dead?…

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FUNERALOCITY LAUNCHES IN ATLANTA! We interview the founder, Ed Michael Reggie | FUNERAL nation 082 Does Jeff Harbeson The Funeral Commander have pants on during FN 82? Comment Below! Also, we interview the brainchild of a fascinating new online funeral consumer offering...

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Chicago Archdiocese Opens First Cremation Garden in a Cemetery

Chicago Archdiocese Opens First Cremation Garden in a Cemetery

Originally Published on Chicago Tribune Amid the sound of cascading water, Claire Thom and her sister Lori Van Buren ambled through a maze of orange day lilies, bronze markers, maple trees and granite benches Monday in search of their parents’ final resting place. Their father, Edmund Sylwestrak, had explained in a letter that he and his wife, Marian, wanted to be cremated and buried together. It…

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Pierce Chemical Launches New E-Commerce Website

Pierce Chemical Launches New E-Commerce Website

Pierce Chemical is happy to announce the launch of their new e-commerce website www.piercedirect.com, where funeral professionals can browse and order Pierce products 24/7/365. PierceDirect is a vast improvement over the prior online ordering section on piercechemical.com in many aspects.  A cleaner user interface and intuitive organization of products makes finding products easier, plus a handy…

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Brice Ballard Named Vice President of Preneed

Brice Ballard Named Vice President of Preneed

OMAHA – July 13, 2017 – On the heels of the Custom Product Series launch and an exciting new collaboration with Precoa, Physicians Mutual has another big announcement: Vice President Brice Ballard now leads the Company’s preneed distribution. During his 15 years with Physicians Mutual, Ballard has managed a number of the company’s product lines and will now direct all preneed, life insurance and…

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FrontRunner Professional Announces Partnership With GoFundMe To Offer Funeral Homes A Helping Hand

FrontRunner Professional Announces Partnership With GoFundMe To Offer Funeral Homes A Helping Hand

FrontRunner Professional has announced a new crowdfunding tool, in partnership with GoFundMe, that will enable funeral professionals to offer families a dignified channel for receiving support during times of loss. A Helping Hand™ is founded on an inherent understanding of funeral service and addresses the many challenges that a family can face when a death occurs, challenges specific to funeral…

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ENGAGE, CRAFT GREAT CONTENT, LISTEN and WIN | DISRUPTu! 028

ENGAGE, CRAFT GREAT CONTENT, LISTEN and WIN | DISRUPTu! 028

On this episode Ryan answers: 1) When should our funeral home be posting content on Facebook? 2) You mentioned “Edu-tain” in your presentation, what does that mean exactly? 3) How should we respond to engagement on our Facebook page? Good, bad or indifferent? ——————————————————- Learn more about DISRUPT Media and owning the social media market in your community: http://www.disruptmedia.co/demo/…

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5 Steps for Responding to Negative Reviews

5 Steps for Responding to Negative Reviews

Before online review sites and the Internet, how did families share what they thought about your funeral home with others? Maybe they chatted in the parking lot after a funeral service or at the grocery store while shopping or on the phone. If a family was unhappy with their experience, you, as a funeral service professional, might not have known about it until months later. You might not have…