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Virtual Funeral Arrangements are taking place. Some Funeral homes have been doing this for quite a while. The information gathered for a Funeral arrangement can be done on line including ordering a casket.

Some independent Funeral Homes have been doing this for a while, and now Stewart Enterprises,  STEI  is doing this.

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Making funeral arrangements after the death of a loved one isn’t something that most would describe as easy, but a few North Texas funeral homes are incorporating a new tool to make it a bit simpler.

The funeral homes, part of the network of Stewart Enterprises Inc., are using an online tool called the virtual arrangement conference to allow families to gather information about their loved one for the death certificate and funeral service on their own time and at home.

The information is the same information usually gathered at the first meeting with a funeral arranger, and the data is then sent to the funeral home, where an arranger can go over it before a family comes in for the meeting.”

via www.fwbusinesspress.com

Funeral industry|Funeral News | Funeral Blog by Your Funeral Guy the digital funeral director.

Virtual Funeral, And the Virtyual Funeral Arrangements were all predicted in the book Rest In Peace, Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Streass Funeral.


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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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Eternal Space an online cemetery has died

Eternal Space an online cemetery has died

The first virtual online cemetery Eternal Space  is no more. Online memorials have been around for a while but an an online virtual cemetery is quite  a leap forward. It is a great concept and will become realityin the near future.

Marketing to funeral directors may have not been the best idea or business plan. Funeral Directors have been slow to accept the internet or  change.

Choosing the right target market is the key to any business.

From ConnectingDirectors.com

‘If you are wondering who EternalSpace is, they are the start-up company who blew through millions of dollars to launch a online memorial/virtual graveside site that was open for business for 30 days before investors pulled the plug. I received a call from the company’s Vice President last week explaining the situation……..

Although EternalSpace got great online and offline press this was not enough for investors.

Although EternalSpace got great online and offline press this was not enough for investors.

even with fair warning, the investors and leaders of the company couldn’t grasp the fact that the funeral industry is much slower to accept new product and introduce that product into the arrangement room or to client families than other industries.

So, like anyone who expects outragous returns on millions of dollars they invest, the investors freaked out and cut off funding when the product didn’t spread like wild fire through the industry right away. I mean the thousands of dollars they spent on ads in the

publications just came out last week.”

More: See Blog post at this site.

Internet Afterlife or Cartoon in a Cartoon Grave Yard?-YourFuneralGuy

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eternalspace is gone

eternalspace is gone





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