Business

When it rains, you want an umbrella. Luckily, every one of you has an umbrella to protect your firm.

As we seemingly begin to emerge from the pandemic, some funeral directors are continuing to see cremation spikes, while others aren’t seeing families return for scheduled postponed services. Here’s a roundup of the latest articles focusing on our industry.

Nashville, TN — After coping with restrictions and social distancing for over a year, there’s no better time to take a trip to the country music capital of the world.

At MKJ Marketing’s recent Mastermind event in Nashville, I spoke with three leaders in our industry about the trends they’re seeing in their markets. Here’s what they had to say.

Passare® is excited to announce a new website integration with MKJ Marketing.

Foundation Partners Group, a leading provider of innovative funeral and cemetery experiences and products, today announced the acquisition of Cascade Funeral Directors Inc., an Oregon-based deathcare business with eight locations throughout the Portland and Salem metropolitan areas.

Anthem Partners, a premier operator of funeral homes and cemeteries, has announced that the Speers Group of Companies has joined Anthem Partners.

What started as a system designated solely for funeral home management services now supports management services for pets, trade, cremation, aquamation and QR code body tracking.

In this week’s edition of the weekly roundup, we have found podcasts, informational talks, and news articles – everything from preventing compassion fatigue to Swedish death cleaning.

FEMA has provided over $1.086 billion to more than 165,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.