Now that the holidays have come to an end and 2024 is officially upon us… it’s time to start thinking about this exciting new year. What do you feel inspired to achieve in 2024? What impact do you want to make with your funeral business? How will you improve your personal life? What about your […]
In any job and in any profession, there are good days and there are bad days. Sometimes you wake up and jump out of bed, ready to tackle the exciting day ahead. Other days, the sound of your alarm clock has you wanting to pull the covers over your head and hit the fast-forward button. […]
It’s easy to fall into a head-down, check-off-the-next-task work pattern when you work in the funeral profession. It’s just the nature of our business. You wake up (often hours before you want to) to take care of a house call, only to rush into the office for an afternoon of back-to-back arrangement conferences. If you’re […]
I don’t know about you, but Wikipedia tends to be my go-to resource for just about anything. Want to learn the true story behind your favorite movie? Go to Wikipedia. Want to learn the common meaning behind the beautiful flowers that you buy? Wikipedia. Want to read about all of the unexplained disappearances to ever […]
When it comes to funerals, there seems to be a veil between what families think of the funeral process and what actually happens behind the scenes. Everything from the way that families view funeral professionals (“they’re crooks who are just out to make a buck”) to the value that they feel funerals provide (“they’re a […]
What will the funeral profession look like in 10, or even 20 years? Well, that’s hard to tell… Think about 20 years ago, before the advent of the web, or Google, or cell phones. Oh, how different customer experience (and life) was then! Looking at just how much of the landscape of the funeral profession […]
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Who among us can’t be dazzled by a little bit of magic? Sometimes magic and mystique are the only logical explanations for what we experience in life, from how we scored the perfect parking spot right in front of the mall on Black Friday, to that pair of jeans that just seems to make 10 […]
This week the funeralOne team is down in Philadelphia for one of our favorite events of the year — the National Funeral Directors Convention. But this trade show is much different than anything you’ve seen from funeralOne before… we’re bringing the future of funerals to #NFDA2016 through virtual reality experiences, top-secret sneak peeks into what […]
“Is it OK that I sometimes want a day off where I don’t have to help families?” “Is it OK that I sometimes get emotional during funeral services?” “Is it OK that I like spending time with the deceased more than with the family?” You’d be surprised by the number of funeral professionals who leave […]
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