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There is no subject in funeral service today fraught with more misinformation than preneed. Funeral home managers “do” preneed.  That means they write it and honor it as part of serving families. The reason it is a big part of our re-engineering series is that most funeral home owners do not have any standards of production and service. My goal is to create those objectives so we know if the preneed dynamic is performing in a businesslike fashion.   Click here to read the complete article Re-engineering Your PreNeed – September 2014- Finance 101-The Director

Do the words “debits” and “credits” sound like a foreign language to you?  How do you know which account to debit and which to credit to increase or decrease their balance? Read this months Accounting newsletter to find out more. Accounting Newsletter September 2014

In case you haven’t opened your eyes in the past 30 years, the funeral business has changed. It has changed from a business model based on merchandise to a business model based on service. Click here to read more  Not Your Father’s Casket August 2014 AFD

As a reminder to readers, last month I promised that in the August column I would be writing in rhyme à la Dr. Seuss since I live my life following the basic storyline of the creation of this man (by the way, my favorite is If I Ran the Zoo). So, we are going Seussical! I’ll call this column Horatio Sees Ratio. Horatio sees a ratio. He sees ratios high and low. But before reading my last two columns, Horatio didn’t know a ratio from radicchio. Click here to read more Re-engineering Your Overhead Ratios – The Conclusion-August 2014- Finance 101-The Director

Congratulations! Your small business has finally become profitable and now you can afford to pay yourself. You may have worked for free in the early days and now it’s time to pay  yourself for your efforts. Accounting Newsletter August 2014