I have seen many changes in the funeral service profession during my career. Some of these changes created challenges to the business plan with which funeral directors were indoctrinated, such as cremation and funerals without merchandise. Some involved operating trials, such as the rise of price-focused competitors. Others arise from cultural challenges that have changed the consumer’s paradigm, such as natural burial, alkaline hydrolysis and other new-fangled horticultural burial offerings. Any/all of these factors could change the future of funeral service by impairing your profit.
How to Create an End-of-Life Planning Binder to Help Your Family
For busy parents juggling work, caregiving, and the quiet job of keeping everyone’s details straight, the hardest part of end-of-life planning is knowing that loved ones might be left guessing when emotions are already raw. In many families, family organization lives...