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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

Single-Pay Preneed: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

It is no longer a question of if inflation will continue to increase this year, but how much, which means funeral businesses will need to aggressively manage expenses while simultaneously looking f...
By Paul White
In Articles
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Tough Decisions to Make When Managing Your Business

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines Management as “the act or skill of controlling and making decisions about a business.” It even goes further to include a reference to management as an art. As s...
By Beth Kmiec
In Articles
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The Cost of Waiting - How to Avoid Losing Funerals to Direct Disposition

You’ve probably had them in your funeral home. Families who are grieving the loss of a loved one and don’t already have a plan in place. You notice how they react when you use the word funeral, and...
By Tyler Anderson
In Articles
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Memories Need Help Sometimes Step Up To Be the One To Educate

They were a sweet couple, Helen and Bob. Their beautiful little Maltese, Lexi, had just died and they were a mess. Lexi was just one of their many Maltese loves, as that’s what kind of family they ...
By Coleen Ellis
In Articles
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The Mourner's Bill of Rights

Though you should reach out to others as you do the work of mourning, you should not feel obligated to accept the unhelpful responses you may receive from some people. You are the one who is grievi...
By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., C.T., www.centerforloss.com
In Articles
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

As a little girl, I loved to flip through all our old photo albums. Pages full of pictures of vacations and pets, smiling faces of parents, grandparents, cousins, and babies, but what I loved most ...
By Jess Short, Gather
In Articles
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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