Shane Pudenz, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Carriage Services, recently sat down with FuneralVision.com to share a sneak preview of what he’ll be speaking about at Funeral IQ, Sept. 20, at the Live! Casino Hotel & Resort in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pudenz will deliver a presentation titled “Boost…
Read MoreWelton Hong, the founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing, will be one of the keynote speakers at Funeral IQ, Sept 20, at the Live! Casino & Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hong, a former staff engineer at Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Intel, recently chatted with the founder of FuneralVision.com to…
Read MoreChris Cruger, who recently celebrated his fifth-year anniversary as the CEO of The Foresight Companies, recently sat down with FuneralVision.com to share what he's seeing in the merger and acquisition space, what type of price solid funeral homes are fetching these days and more. He also highlighted what he'll be…
Read MoreThere are still a few more weeks to take advantage of the fantastic early-bird rate to attend the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association’s Annual Convention and Exposition, April 10-13 in Tampa Bay, Florida. This year, Erin Creger, the chief sales officer at Envision Strategic Partners and one of the…
Read MoreFuneralVision.com is teaming up with Michael Schimmel, the CEO of Sympathy Brands, to bring Funeral IQ to the Live! Casino & Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 20, 2024. Platinum sponsors for the event are The Foresight Companies and Ring Ring Marketing; gold sponsors are Carriage Services, Cremation Recycling, FundaFamily.com,…
Read MoreLacy Robinson and Greg Grabowski recently sat down with the founder of FuneralVision.com to share insights from their new book, “Engaging the Heart of Hospice: Making Funeral and Memorial Services an Extension of Hospice Care.” Robinson, an instructor with the Worship College of Mortuary Science and a business development consultant,…
Read MoreA FuneralVision.com reader recently reached out to Thomas Parmalee, the founder of the platform, asking him for his insights on how to hold a successful event geared for funeral professionals. This is no easy task ... there are many things involved. But, if you focus on a handful of items,…
Read MoreColeen Ellis, the death-care profession's most widely recognized pet loss pioneer, recently sat down with FuneralVision.com to talk shop on a variety of topics. In the video interview, the always-stylish Ellis reflects on what it was like opening up the United States' first standalone pet funeral home in 2004, her…
Read MoreDean Lambert spent almost 25 years as a marketing executive with Homesteaders Life Company, where he rubbed elbows with some of the most respected titans of the preneed insurance profession, including Graham Cook, Steve Lang, Steve Shaffer, Danny Lodermeier and many others. But about eight months ago, he retired a…
Read MoreAlan Creedy, a consultant who has served the death-care profession for more than 40 years, will be teaming up with Danny Jefferson, a longtime funeral director, to deliver an eye-opening presentation at the National Funeral Directors Association's convention on Sunday, Sept. 10 in Las Vegas. The title of their talk…
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