Marketing Funeral Homes: Balancing Sensitivity with Strategy

  • Course Type
    Webinar
  • Course Code
    C26_WS260422
  • Membership Required
    No

Description

NFDA Webinar (1 CE Hour)

Free for Members

All times are U.S. Central Time

Marketing a funeral home comes with unique challenges. To avoid seeming insensitive, many owners lean on price-driven ads like billboards, Pre-Need mailers, or Google Ads. While well-intentioned, this often turns your service into a commodity, leading to price competition and shrinking loyalty.

There’s a better way. Relational marketing focuses on building trust over time, so families know, like and trust you before they need your services. This human-centered approach creates stronger connections, increases pre-need sales, and supports long-term growth – all without racing to the bottom on price.

Key Takeaways

1. Learn how to win customers’ hearts before they’re in the market

2. Learn how to budget for marketing

3. Learn how to effectively promote your funeral home in a sensitive manner

Presenter

Matt Willis and his team of 80 partners specialize in growing local businesses – the kind people need but don’t want to think about. While his interior designer wife’s posts can captivate and attract clients, marketing a new casket just doesn’t get the same reaction. That’s where Matt’s team comes in. They’re experts in relational marketing, winning hearts first so the mind will follow. They build marketing and advertising for the essential services that often get overlooked.

 

Approved for 1 CE hour by APFSP and by most state and province licensing boards.

 

Course Credit Approvals

State License Type Credit Category Credits
Academy B 1.00
Alabama Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
Alaska Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Alberta Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Arizona Funeral Service C 1.00
Arkansas Funeral Service CEU 1.00
British Columbia Funeral Service CEU 1.00
California Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Colorado Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Connecticut Funeral Service B 1.00
Delaware Funeral Service B 1.00
District of Columbia Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
Florida Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Hawaii Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Idaho Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Illinois Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Indiana Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Iowa Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Kansas Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Kentucky Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Louisiana Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Maine Funeral Service B 1.00
Manitoba Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Maryland Funeral Service B 1.00
Massachusetts Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Michigan Funeral Service B 1.00
Minnesota Funeral Service MN - Professional Practices 1.00
Mississippi Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Missouri Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Montana Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Nebraska Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Nevada Funeral Service B 1.00
New Brunswick Funeral Service CEU 1.00
New Hampshire Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
New Jersey Funeral Service CEU 1.00
New Mexico Funeral Service B 1.00
New York Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Newfoundland and Labrador Funeral Service CEU 1.00
North Carolina Funeral Service CEU 1.00
North Dakota Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Nova Scotia Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Ohio Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
Oklahoma Funeral Service B 1.00
Ontario Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Oregon Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Pennsylvania Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Puerto Rico Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Quebec Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Rhode Island Funeral Service B 1.00
Saskatchewan Funeral Service CEU 1.00
South Carolina Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
South Dakota Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Tennessee Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Texas Funeral Service Pending Approval 0.00
Utah Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Vermont Funeral Service Not Applied For 0.00
Virginia Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Washington Funeral Service CEU 1.00
West Virginia Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Wisconsin Funeral Service 3 1.00
Wyoming Funeral Service CEU 1.00
Yukon Territory Funeral Service No CE Requirement 0.00
Georgia Funeral Service CEU 1.00