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Accounting is a thankless job. This is not a pity me newsletter but a fact. Most accountants do their work in solitude. If you want to know another reason why you should be using Foresight’s REAL TIME ACCOUNTING read this newsletter.     Accounting Newsletter November

Ebola; are you prepared? The funeral industry is directly behind the healthcare providers in terms of potential risk. Click here to read some facts to be aware of regarding Ebola. HR Special Ed Ebola

Because Technology is no longer Optional. Technology top 16 for all Funeral Homes. Somehow, the gravitational forces of the universe ordained it so that people who are technologically adept are drawn to Cupertino, California. Unfortunately, that same force of nature has sent those who repel technology to funeral service. Re-engineering Your Technology – November 2014 Director – Finance 101  

How can you stop losing money on preneed contracts? Just look at the numbers, and you’ll see that the answer is simple, though it’s one some funeral directors don’t want to hear. Why and how to sell preneed products without a price guarantee – November 2014  

If you take the blinders off, you will see that consumers who choose cremation are not being marketed to for interment of those cremated remains. Those cremated remains are either tossed away (yes, I know, the proper phrase is “scattered”) or they are retained – at which point they become a liability of sorts for the family. The Great Profit Generator for Cemeteries November 2014  

Every month we hear about another cyber-hacking case. The news is unnerving, especially when you consider that 1 out of 3 US citizens will be victim to identity fraud this year. The odds are that one of you reading this will be a victim. What can you do? Read our October accounting newsletter to find out. Click here:  Accounting Newsletter October  

In case you missed our May Press Release regarding the 2013 FSI rate, our friends across the border at the Canadian Funeral News have published the announcement in their October edition. Click here to read the article Funeral Inflation Rate – October2014

Foresight has been and continues to be at the forefront of HR consulting for funeral homes and cemeteries throughout the U.S.  We help our clients deal with the compete cycle of HR matters.  Please enjoy the first issue of our HR newsletter and call us for a free assessment of what you are doing an how we can enhance your HR policies. Click here to read more … HR Newsletter 8.31.2014

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

People talk. They talk about you, they talk about your business. They talk loudly and they talk quietly. Are you hearing them? The odds say you’re not. Maybe you don’t want to hear them. Maybe you don’t want to know what they’re thinking about you and your business. Maybe you want to live your life isolated from reality. Click to read more Do you Hear the Consumer’s Voice -September 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