While those words have always held true for the funeral industry, clearly, they were all a bit more challenging to realize in 2020. But the new year presents new opportunities to remain essential, vital, and connected and, in the process, energize your business.
The pandemic has made us react to what happened. But now, in 2021, we can be proactive and make things happen! So, it's time to revisit what makes us essential and vital to the communities we serve and rethink how we can stay connected.
Here are five ways to do just that in the coming year. Make them your resolutions!
We're not talking about cleaning out closets here—what better time than January to get your office in order and your resources up to date.
Focus on outreach, both with families and vendors, to keep your business top of mind.
Your staff knows their jobs, expectations, and goals they need to meet. They are one of your most important assets. Here are a couple of tips for maintaining employee satisfaction.
Consider your marketing for the new year. Need to make new contacts? Try a new social media channel? Seek out tools to make your business more efficient; for example, byondpro's marketing automation tools can remove the guesswork for marketing to new customers and families you've served.
While 2020 was a crazy year, don't discount the successes you may have had. Maybe your staff found creative new ways to offer memorials online. Or used their downtime to complete a project goal. Maybe a new vendor opened up scores of new business contacts. As much as many of us bemoaned the past year, remembering the positives are especially important entering 2021.
We all learned a lot in 2020. While some of it pushed us to our limits, we have all learned to adapt. Everything we gained can help us return to those terms that represent what our businesses truly are—essential, vital, connected. The start of the new year is a good time to put these tips into practice—in a way that will make you feel more energized and, in the process, boost business as well.
We hope to provide you with more helpful tips in our blog throughout this new year as we look ahead proactively.
As 20th-century poet T.S. Eliot so eloquently said, "Last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice."
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