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Helpful guidance for planning, comparing services, and supporting families.
Filipino Traditions During Holy Week
In the 1500s, Christianity was introduced to the Philippines when the Spaniards first set foot to the country. As this religion is a main part of Spanish culture, Filipinos became a part of this tradition as well and has learned to embrace it ever since. Presently, the Philippines is identified to be the only Christian nation among other countries in Asia.
Unspoken Funeral Etiquette for Guests and Visitors
When it comes to conversations of life, the last taboo is considered death. People wouldn’t want to entertain the thought of death as it is associated with negative emotions such as grief, loss, and the untimely acceptance of people never coming back in life.
The Internet and Grieving: How it Changed How We Express Grief
The revolution of technology is now constantly intertwined with how everyone lives. Unlike before when a person dies, only time would tell when their memories are buried alongside them. But now, a deceased’s digital footprint continues to live on.
Purchasing Pre-Need Plans: What to Consider
In the country, talks of death or loss is considered as taboo topics. However, the cost of not preparing for one’s demise will eventually overcome the need to evade an otherwise sensitive issue. Filipino families take pride in sending their beloved deceased in an honorable manner that often, expenses becomes an issue.
One With the Reefs: Be a Coral Reef When You Die
When one dies, his body literally becomes part of the Earth. However, with the current means available it is not as eco-friendly as the Earth would like. With coffins taking up land, making it inhabitable and increasing carbon footprint, people are looking into other ways of a healthier and more eco-friendly ways of leaving this world.
Four Ways to Make Your Death Eco-Friendly
Death planning is one of the last things a person can think about. After all, with the many exciting and interesting places and memories to experience, dying is on the end of a life agenda. However, with death’s inevitability and uncertainty, one can always prepare for when the worst comes.
Interesting Things People Were Buried With
Despite various traditions and burial customs, funerals have been a constant reminder of loss, grief and goodbye.
Turning Bodies into Compost: How Recompose Redefines Funeral Traditions
This planet is the only one we have and unfortunately, it’s facing a detrimental issue of damage and degradation. Faced with this concern and the increasing problems of environmental imbalance, many people (scientists, researchers, and others) are committing to a life of eco-friendly consciousness.
Brilliant Marketing Ideas for Funeral Homes
Are you constantly wondering whether or not you’re approach to marketing is ideal for your funeral or memorial home? There are instances when the questions overwhelm your desire to market your organization because let’s face it, it’s hard to present a service that deals with death. However, the key lies in not being able to get swept under this perception and embrace other techniques to get the visibility you need.
Establishing Your Funeral Homes in Social Media
Businesses that need a boost for their marketing scheme rely on social media to do the trick. However, for funeral homes, this may feel like walking on a pile of eggshells. As a funeral home, you provide unconventional services to your clientele. This is one of the reasons why you’ll find social media a platform that is hard to navigate.
The Most Effective Content Marketing Strategy for a Memorial or Funeral Home
Traditional advertising and marketing means doesn’t work for funeral and memorial homes. Unlike other businesses and industries that can do away by spending for advertisements and other visibility gigs, a funeral home doesn’t have the same dynamics that can benefit from such lackluster marketing.
Email Marketing for Funeral and Memorial Homes
Emails are surely changing the world of communication and business. In 2019 alone, there are around 290 million emails sent and received across all platforms. What’s more, businesses earn around $40 for each $1 spent for a strategic email done.