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Beaver Creek, Colorado

February 8-11, 2010

Westin Riverfront Resort

Rooms starting at $195 per night.

Naples, Florida

March 8-11, 2010

Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort

Gulf-view rooms
starting at $309 per night.

This seminar program will address many of the funeral profession’s pressing issues:

For the first time since before WWII, Americans are saving rather than spending. This new reality is impacting every major industry. They can’t pay for more and they don’t want more. Discount funeral service will become available in nearly every fair-size community as lower priced firms will realize an increase in volume. As the volume increases, they will become more aggressive in their advertising. How will death care adjust to this new reality?

Impact of Price Guarantees on Pre-need Sales

  • How important is it to consumers?
  • Can pre-need be sold without freezing the price?

Economics of Chinese Caskets

  • Do imports really reduce casket prices and improve profits?
  • Do costs of importing caskets compare to the new lower priced American caskets?
  • Do consumers prefer American-made caskets?
  • At what price point do lower prices overcome buying American?

Profitability of Reception Services

Effects of Green Funerals/Natural Burials on Profitability

Selling Memorialization as the Cremation Rate Rapidly Increases

and more...

  • Creating Productive Managers
  • Upgrading Cremation Sales
  • New Ways to Improve your Website
  • P.R. Programs Appealing to Consumers