6 Ways to Use Social Media to Build Relationships with Your Families

Last week, for the first time ever, I decided to reach out to my cable company on Twitter because I was having some technical issues. To my surprise, I received a direct message from a customer service rep asking me what I needed help with. Within minutes, my issue was solved, and I didn’t have […]

The #1 Reason Your Funeral Home Facebook Page Stinks

You’ve probably heard all the statistics about the exploding, exponential growth of social media. Like this one. There are more than 800 million Facebook users, and if Facebook was a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and India. HubSpot tells us that that 93% of all Internet users in […]

Funeral Marketing: What Is A Tweet & Why Do I Care?

An Introduction to Popular Social Media Terms By now, it should be pretty obvious to you that social media isn’t like the latest fashion trend—here today, gone tomorrow—it’s here to stay. However, before you can even begin to consider implementing a social media strategy for your funeral home, you need to learn how to talk […]

Yellow Pages vs. Online: The Most Effective Tool for Funeral Marketing

Funeral professionals are definitely embracing technology more these days, than in years past. According to results from the 2011 State of Funeral Marketing survey, 81% of respondents said their firm currently has a website. However, it appears as though the majority of respondents still don’t understand the true value of their website, especially when it […]

How to Humanize Your Funeral Firm with Social Media

As we’ve discussed in the past, you’re all familiar with the buzzwords social media. Some of you might even be social media junkies in your personal lives…but knowing how to use social media for your funeral firm is a whole other story! First of all, it’s great if you’ve taken the initiative to start a […]

Social Media & the Funeral Profession…What’s all the fuss about?

You’re all familiar with the buzzwords social media, but what you’re probably wondering is what social media has to do with the funeral profession? However, with social media being the #1 activity on the Internet today, a better question might be how can you use social media to benefit your funeral business? Who is using […]