ConnectingDirectors.com continues to put advertisers up as Articles|Your funeral Guy

ConnectingDirectors.com is drifting farther and farther away from Funeral Industry News. Puting up articles about your advertisers is not news. By  Ignoring stories about the Industry Scandals, the Illinois Funeral Directors Association,Randal L Earl, Batesville Casket Company  and  the NFDA Haiti debacle the site is becoming simply a puppet for adverisers and the traditional funeral industry.

Recent "articles" about advertisers Frazier Consultants, and DNA2Diamonds. Focus on self and practicing the oldest profession with those who give you money is a problem in the Funeral profession and at Connecting Directors.com

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YourFuneralGuyBlog:Hillenbrand Inc, Adds Non-Funeral, Non Health Care Guy To Board

Hillenbrand Inc has added a non funeral guy and non health care guy to it's board of Directors. Hillenbrand Inc is the parent Company of Batesville Casket Company(Funeral) and Hill Rom (hospital beds, health care)

This is further indication of a move away from the declining funeral industry.

"We're very excited to have Neil join us as a director," said Ray J. Hillenbrand, chairman of the Hillenbrand board of directors. "Neil isn't a stranger to the Hillenbrand board, serving as a special adviser since 2008. We already benefit from his experience and counsel regarding acquisitions and organic growth strategies, and we're looking forward to Neil's continued role in helping us build value for our shareholders"- from "Industry News: Kates-Boylston Publications | Serving Funeral Professionals Succeed and Serve Since 1877"

The man's name is Neil Novich and he has extensive Board Of Directors of NYSE: HI experience outside of the Funeral and Health Industry. 

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Batesville Casket : A lesson in Traditional Funeral Decline-YourFuneral Guy

Batesville Casket  is illustrating to the world the decline of the Traditional Funeral Industry in the USA. The rise of cremation is is bringing in  a major shift of Funerals(including the way Funerals are Sold) in the United States. The problems at Batesville Casket Co reflect a funeral industry in decline.

In the uncertain economy, families are cutting back everywhere they can – including final sendoffs for their loved ones.
That has provided an extra boost to cremation, which is cheaper than traditional burial. But for Indiana’s Batesville casket the largest company of its type in the country, the trend has been bad news. The company estimates that cremation rates for the last few quarters have been 150 basis points to 300 basis points higher than numbers a year ago. The result: lost revenue.
“This has been the biggest impact our industry has seen from a recession in a long time,” said Batesville President Joe Raver.
Batesville saw first-quarter revenue, reported Feb. 4, drop to $161.5 million from $166.5 million in the same quarter a year prior. Raver attributed the decrease largely to low burial volumes as a result of rising cremation rates and a relatively mild flu and pneumonia season
via cincinnati.bizjournals.com
 

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Does online Grieving Really Work?-YourFuneralGuy

 Can one really Grieve a loss or the death of a loved one online?Funeral Homes and some obituary Paid and UnPaid  have set up setup grieving resources online. Face Book is one of those places.

As more people share more of their lives online, grief moves with them, experts say. And the nature of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and even online guestbooks allows people suffering from tragedies to find others just like them.

"I think some of this online sharing is good therapy … it can help lead us out of isolation and gives us hope that together we can make it," said Beverley Hurley, chairwoman of the Tampa area chapter of Bereaved Parents, which has its own site.
"So often, after a period of time, people just don't want to talk about it," said Hurley, who is still talking about the loss of her daughter Debbie to cancer 20 years ago. "They think you should be over it. But you never get over losing a child."via www.tampabay.com

 

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Your Funeral Guy Blog-Presidential Burial Quiz:

With Presidents Day coming upon us and Abraham Lincoln's Birthday being tomorrow,I am posting this President's burial quiz with answers.

Which president had such a fear of being buried alive that his will stipulated no burial until at least three days after his death? (Washington)

Which president had his gravesite nearly broken into by body snatchers and was later reburied in a more secure tomb? (Lincoln)

Which president suffered a stroke on the House floor and died two days later in the Capitol? (J. Q. Adams)

Which president was so obsessed by his dead wife's memory that he hung her portrait across from his bed so he would see her at the beginning and end of each day? (Jackson)

Which president, who is still living, has already prepared his burial site? (George H. W. Bush)

Which president was the oldest living president at his death? (Ford: 93 years, 165 days)

Which president was the youngest to die? (Kennedy)

Which presidents are buried at Arlington Cemetery? (Taft and Kennedy)

Which four presidents lived past 90? (John Adams, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford)

Which state has the most presidential gravesites? (Virginia)

via www.usnews.com
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YourFuneralGuyBlog:; Chicago Earthquake

Shaking shook your funeral guy out of bed this morning. A Chicago Earthquake?

SYCAMORE-An earthquake shook parts of northern Illinois early Wednesday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.3 magnitude quake centered east of Sycamore at 4 a.m. That's about 45 miles west of Chicago.

via www.wsiltv.com

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Your Funeral Guy Blog:Cremation Is the best low cost Funeral Option

Connecting Directors.com has asked the question in article "Is Cremation The Cheapest Option" Yes it is . The author tries to imply it is not the cheapest option, but it is.

There is no statistics in the article. The thesis is that the funeral consumer will most always purchase  other options. This is not the case. 

The other options, memorial service, church service etc can easily be done without a funeral home or funeral director.  many times a celebrant or minister can help you with this.
Apparently there is lack of honesty there  because those options are not mentioned. You can have the other options without paying the funeral director.

The Funeral industry is in decline. Funeral industry folks are going to great lengths to make sure you spend your money at the funeral home.

Snippet:

In causal conversation with strangers who I have over heard say they want cremated because it is “cheaper”, I have posed the question “Is it really cheaper?” They always say the same thing: “That’s what I was told”. When I start going through the options available with a funeral service, like calling hours and a memorial service, which they want, I soon get them to realize that cremation isn’t necessarily the cheapest option.
So I ask you, is cremation really the cheapest option?
Article By:
Ryan Thogmartin is the Founder and CEO of ConnectingDirectors.com. ConnectingDirectors.com is a progressive online publication/networking site for funeral professionals. Through ConnectingDirectors.com funeral professionals receive daily funeral industry news, industry specific articles and podcasts, as well as share ideas through an industry discussion board. ,-Via ConnectingDirectors.com.
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Cremation is the best way to come in under the average cost of a funeral