Consumer Rights – Five Ways Funeral Directors Can Bully Their Customers
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Consumer Rights Five Ways Funeral Directors Can Bully Their Customers by Caleb Wilde in Consumer Rights © 2006 Gregory Veen, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio There are bullies in every business. In the funeral industry — because of the customers emotional vulnerability and the fact that the purchases are often of high value […]
Continue Reading TEDx Talk Video: “Embracing Death”
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“The North American leap from a culture of healthy death acceptance to a culture of death denial has been no leap at all. It’s been a journey of small steps. And this journey has, in part, been enabled by both the professionalization of death and the funeral industry. In this talk, I explore options that […]
Continue Reading Flowers That Communicate
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February 18, 2014 By amyacunningham I must share this photograph of a casket spray originally published on the British Good Funeral Guide website. The deceased woman being buried loved to knit, so the clever floral designer worked balls of yarn and knitting needles into the colorful arrangement. Lesson learned: It’s okay to offer ideas to florists, […]
Continue Reading Tips for Writing Tasteful and Memorable Obituaries
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By: Mike Hepburn Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Writing an obituary is an honour and one to be undertaken with reverence, but it is also a chance for the deceased to speak one last time and to be remembered forever. If you have to write an obit, look for small details from the deceased’s life. Ask […]
Continue Reading So, You’re Thinking of Befriending a Funeral Director?
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By: Mike Hepburn Thursday, February 26, 2015 Almost any funeral director will tell you their profession does make them a bit of a special breed that is unlike most of your other friends. So, if you’re thinking of being friends with a funeral director, here are just of few things you may want to be […]
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