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Beginning the Monument and Memorialization Conversation

Getting Started When a family arranges a funeral for a loved one, it’s unreasonable to expect them to have the knowledge base to understand fully what products and services are available. On avera...
By Jay Kown
In Articles
Monday, September 26, 2022

Reflections on My First Ten Years with CANA

Ten years and four months ago I decided the next step in my career was to become an executive director. I started looking at job postings and stumbled across one for the Cremation Association of No...
By Barbara Kemmis
In Articles
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Three Steps to Create a Website That Markets Your Cremation Business

To find client families for your cremation business, you need to invest in your online presence, starting with your website. Your website is an extension of your funeral home that can market your p...
By Jenny Goldade
In Articles
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Funeral Service Professionals Need to be Cremation Specialists

No matter what you think about the evolution of the North American Funeral Rite, you have to acknowledge that cremation is, and has been for some time, a major part of society’s expectation of what...
By Larry Stuart, Jr.
In Articles
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Retirement? Next Exit

“Alan, I love what I do but I am 60 and I need to be thinking about retirement. What are my options?” Translation: “It’s not fun anymore or you have started dreaming about beaches and travel or si...
By Alan Creedy
In Articles
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

SFD’s “Q&A” for the Annual “M&A” Issue with Jake Johnson, Johnson Consulting Group

Is the COVID-19 pandemic still having an effect on succession planning? Things have slowed down for funeral home businesses. We’ve seen stalled succession planning because people were busy with al...
By Jake Johnson, Johnson Consulting Group
In Articles
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

When to Sell Your Funeral Home

As a leading funeral home succession planner, NewBridge Group often gets asked, “is now a good time to sell?” Of course, it is tempting to always say yes. The truth is, however, that only an owner ...
By Tony Kumming, NewBridge Group President
In Articles
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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Growing Preneed Sales in a Market Shifting Toward Cremation

GROWING PRENEED SALES IN A MARKET SHIFTING TOWARD CREMATION by Jack Hirsch Although today’s consumers have more choices than ever when it comes to end-of-life planning, cremation is increasin...

Increasing Cremation Revenue with Non-Traditional Solutions

INCREASING CREMATION REVENUE WITH NON-TRADITIONAL SOLUTIONS by Darren Crouch As cremation continues to overtake burial as America’s leading choice for final disposition, funeral homes are exp...

THE NUMBERS ARE IN: DIGITAL MERCHANDISING WORKS!

Of course, many of you reading this have known it for years. But for funeral directors who have been skeptical of utilizing technology displays to showcase caskets, we can share the results with yo...

Why Specialized Transportation Providers Are Essential for Shipping Human Remains

Shipping human remains is one of the most emotionally and logistically complex services in the funeral industry. While families and funeral homes technically have the option to arrange transportati...

A Trusted Journey: Transporting Loved Ones Home

For over four decades, Inman Shipping Worldwide has set the standard for transporting cremated remains home for ceremonies. The core of our business is helping families bring their loved ones home ...

How to MITIGATE RISKS When Choosing A FUNERAL HOME BUYER

2025 is shaping up to be an active year for funeral home transactions. The NewBridge Group has been advising family owned, private funeral home owners on their succession plans for over twenty five...

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SALE-LEASEBACKS FOR FUNERAL HOME OWNERS

A sale-leaseback enables a company to sell its real estate to raise capital and subsequently lease the property back from the purchaser. In this way, a company can get both the cash and use of the ...