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VIDEO: A Tribute to the Victims & Heroes of The Boston Marathon

  On Monday, April 15th the unthinkable happened. Hours after the first runners passed the finish line, a bomb exploded at the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 183 innocent people. We’d like to take this opportunity to remember and honor those who were injured or lost their lives during this tragic event – [...]

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Joe Joachim Coined The “Willy Wonka” of Funeral Service

I’m excited to announce that funeralOne made it on to the cover of American Funeral Director magazine! Thank you to Lauren Moore for writing this article, and for believing in us! I’m truly humbled and am overwhelmed with the positive feedback we’ve from the article! We’ve had a lot of requests to share this article online, [...]

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Announcement: funeralOne and Aurora Have Joined Forces!

Aurora Casket Company, the largest privately owned funeral service provider, has partnered with funeralOne, the profession’s technology innovator, offering personalization, web design and aftercare services to funeral professionals. Through this partnership, Aurora customers can transform their online marketing efforts with the first website designed to educate families about the true value of funeral service. Funeral [...]

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ICCFA 2013: Social Media May be Meaningless

“Social media is like teenage sex… everybody wants to do it, but nobody knows how. And when it’s over, you wonder why it wasn’t better.” That’s how Ryan Thogmartin, founder of DISRUPT Media Group and Connecting Director’s, described social media during his presentation “Social Media May Be Meaningless” at ICCFA today. Ryan’s case was pretty [...]

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ICCFA 2013: Marketing, Funeral Service and The Chicken Taco

We’re at ICFFA 2013 and Phil Sprick, VP of Marketing at Stewart Enterprises is speaking about the importance of proper management at funeral homes. Phil’s presentation gave us a ton of insight and facts, so here’s 10 quick facts we learned during it: 1. For every positive comment you make to your funeral home employees, [...]

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ICCFA 2013: The Cost of Death vs. The Value of Life

ICCFA 2013 is finally here! The energy here is amazing, and the funeralOne team is more excited than ever to be here! Yesterday morning I attended Jeff Gitomer’s keynote presentation: The Cost of Death vs. The Value of Life. I loved every minute of it, so I want to share with you a few key [...]

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10 Reasons funeralOne Is Excited for ICCFA 2013

It’s that time of the year again… ICCFA Convention and Exposition is here! There’s plenty of reasons to be excited for it – for starters, it’s the biggest ICCFA yet! To share some of this excitement with you, here’s TEN reasons we’re counting down the hours until ICCFA 2013: 1. It’s the largest ICCFA yet! [...]

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5 Steps to Finding Your Funeral Home’s Competitive Advantage

It’s a tough market out there – no one knows that better than you do. Revenues are falling because people just don’t see the value of a funeral service the way they used to. In this economy, it’s become one more expense to families can’t afford– at least that’s how it seems. A recent funeralOne [...]

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23 April Fool’s Day Funeral Jokes to Make You Laugh Till You…Die?

It’s that day again funeral folks… April Fool’s Day! What better way to start your week than with 23 hilarious funeral jokes? Check them out and tell us about your favorites in the comments below! A collection of funeralOne’s favorite funeral jokes   Image Credit: Caleb Wilde   Image Credit: Caleb Wilde Image Credit: Caleb [...]

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The 5 “Whys” For Slow Funeral Service Change

Almost every day, you can open up a magazine, read a blog or pick up a newspaper that tells you how you should change the way you run your funeral service operation. At the core of most of these “change” opinions is the Baby Boomers. The Baby Boomers have been altering the landscape that was [...]