Join NFDA as we honor our funeral service colleagues and loved ones lost this year: About NFDA Service of Remembrance Ceremony: Every year, NFDA International Convention and Exposition takes a moment to remember our funeral service friends and colleagues who have died in the last year. During the ceremony, we acknowledge the impact these [...]
Are you looking for ways to provide more value to your families, but aren’t sure how? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, almost 60% of funeral professionals see service value as a challenge for them. So what is your plan of attack to provide more value? You might think you need months of [...]
“Live Simply so Others Can Simply Live” A young man walks into your door. He’s grief-stricken, teary eyed and hopeless. He just lost his Mom to cardiac arrest. There isn’t anything in this world that could possibly hurt him more to lose. He explains that he never really got to tell his mother how grateful [...]
Today, many Americans will celebrate Armed Forces Day. Set aside back in 1949, the day gives us all the opportunity to pay special tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces. There are parades, open houses on military bases around the country, receptions and air shows. Just like last year, the President Obama [...]
An interesting discussion on our blog about drive-thru funerals got us thinking…Is it the formality of a funeral service that people are shying away from? Or are they simply looking for a more unique, personalized service? So, what better way to find out than to poll our social network of funeral professionals on Facebook? Here’s [...]
Families are shying away from traditional funeral services and searching for more unique and personal ways to memorialize their loved one. But what are you doing about it? There’s a lot of talk around “personalization” and whether or not it’s the answer for funeral homes looking to attract those less traditional families. Although I don’t [...]
Up until now, I’ve talked mostly about the benefits of using video on your funeral home website to educate families and the community on the services you offer. But what about the benefits of using video to celebrate and honor the life of a loved one? By creating cinematic-quality memorial tribute videos for your families, [...]
We’re very excited to notify you that the Life Tributes Spring 2011 Release is now available for download and it’s packed with exciting new features and improvements. Here are the updates you can expect with the Life Tributes Spring Release: Cinematic Intros – The highly anticipated Patriotic and Birthday cinematic Tribute Video intros are now [...]
I want to personally congratulate Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service… Again! As I always say “Great work is newsworthy”, and once again I want to share with you an update on Schoedinger Funeral Home’s success. If being featured in just a few newspapers wasn’t enough, then you have to hear about this success story. Not [...]
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