The only thing good about 2020 is it's coming to an end. Right? Actually, taken in perspective, it could also be considered the year of opportunities. This year, the death care industry was completely consumed with navigating the new normal brought on by the pandemic. In addition to dealing with caring for the dead, there were new protocols to learn and implement. And yes, there was fear and uncertainty. But, as always, funeral directors were up for the challenges. For an industry that is thousa...

When we think of tourism, we think of crowded beaches, bustling cities, and stunning vistas; we do not always think of cemeteries. The concept of tourism centers on the element of fun. Cemeteries hold the complete opposite sentiment, and yet, cemetery tourism is on the rise. Because of this fact, cemeteries are seeking new ways to support their operations and create awareness of services and offerings. Digital cemetery mapping can literally put your cemetery on the map for tourism.  Cemeter...

Moments that matter—weddings, births, anniversaries. We spend days, weeks, months planning for them to preserve the memories beyond the events themselves. But funerals—or celebrations of amazing lives lived—are often planned in a short transactional timeframe, fraught with emotional stress and fresh grief. Sometimes, due to the rush and immediacy of the planning, the funeral celebrations can be devoid of personality or any sense of the loved one lost. It's time to go beyond the narrative of trad...

There's big change brewing in the death care industry: families want to put the "fun" in funerals—many families are replacing traditional funerals with celebration-of-life memorial services. How can your funeral home deliver a flawless, memorable event, and why is that so important? This blog provides five tips to help make sure celebrations run smoothly.   A broad shift toward celebrations of life  Festive celebrations are replacing comparatively somber funerals in many parts of ...

Not very long ago, if you wanted to know where a particular person was buried, you had to look through paper records kept onsite at the cemetery. Hand-drawn maps were eventually replaced by searchable online maps, which were often updated and maintained by the public. These crowd-sourced maps were often incomplete or incorrect. However, with the availability of drone technology, digital cemetery mapping is growing in popularity and is immensely improving upon previous cemetery mapping techniques...