There’s a common myth floating around in the sales world that too many salespeople are buying into: closing a sale is a numbers game. The only way to increase the amount of sales you’re closing is to increase the number of contacts you make. Putting yourself in front of more […]
Continue ReadingPlan a Service that Stands Out
Whether you’re planning your own funeral program for some time in the future, or putting it together as best you can for a recently passed loved one, the actual service can be a difficult element to plan. How “traditional” should you go? How many is too many speakers? Are slideshows […]
Continue ReadingRight and Left Brains: Prearrange your Funeral Today
Why making your funeral plans way ahead of time is both logically efficient and emotionally relieving. Human beings seek out comfort from the time they are infants. Whether you are soothed by Schubert or spreadsheets, one comfort you can count on helping you sleep at night is making your funeral […]
Continue ReadingGift Giving Guide: For Someone Going Through Loss
As the holidays approach, you may be making various wish lists and gift lists for people you love and take care of. This gets much more difficult after the loss of someone close to you. When those around you are deeply depressed and grieving, the Christmas spirit doesn’t exactly fill […]
Continue Reading10 Quotes to Motivate your Mondays
We all feel the drag of our daily responsibilities at one point or another each year. For me, the burdens all feel heavier in the winter season. The budget seems tighter, the days seem shorter, and my motivation seems at an all-time low. When I get this way my sales […]
Continue ReadingCustom Caskets to Honor Your Little Ones
Custom caskets can turn a somber situation into something like peace. “Knowing that she would be buried surrounded by her favorite things and pictures of her family helped me sleep for the first time since her death.” –Recent Customer There may be nothing worse than losing a child. Picking out […]
Continue ReadingAvoiding the Holiday Sales Slump (Holiday-Who-be-What-ee?)
‘Tis the season, the biggest shopping season of the year. As we know, that often means that people are strapped for cash due to the long wish list they’ve been given by their loved ones. The Holiday Sales Slump, as it’s often been called, can be discouraging, frustrating, and down-right […]
Continue ReadingSocial Security Death Benefit: What is NOT Covered
Once we’re retired, many of us depend on Social Security benefits every month to get by. That’s what this program was designed for back in 1935, when its inception was to reduce the percentage of senior citizens living in poverty. As part of the Social Security program there is something […]
Continue Reading4 Reasons You Were Meant to be a Final Expense Agent
You Have Been Called A “Go-Getter” Maybe it was in high school when you were voted “Most Likely to Succeed,” maybe it wasn’t until into your adulthood when you had quarterly evaluations by your boss, but at some point you have been called a “go-getter.” Final Expense Agents often have […]
Continue ReadingUtah Becomes the 16th State to Legalize “Water Cremation”
The year 2015 was monumental in the funeral industry because it marked the first year that cremation become more commonly chosen then burial in the United States. As of May, 2018, Utah is now the 16th state to make legal a fairly new cremation process called “alkaline hydrolysis.” The bill […]
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