Funeral Advertisements

    Funeral advertisements are a debated topic.  Some see them as a negative thing, that ads aimed at the general public forget the individual and de-personalise the industry.  But these public ads also do a lot of good, they help to bring funerals back to the public.  As such grief and the funeral industry are made more acceptable.

Funeral Spam

    Recently I got the first bit of funeral related spam.  I find it odd that this email gets so little spam, considering it put it on the blog and other places so publicly.  But anyway, this spam amused me so I thought it deserved a post.

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    I took a screenshot on the ad in the email, then blanked out the contact details.  This way if it is just phishing or a scam it won't get anyone who looks at it.  Plus I do not allow advertising on the blog, I might talk of companies and let them have posts.  But only in the sense that they are explaining or describing themselves, not promoting a company.

    If anyone is interested they could track this down, but be aware that I have not checked to see if this is legitimate nor will I.

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Acceptance of Funeral Advertisements

    Advertising is something every company or organisation needs to actively do to survive.  To promote itself, to be known and to grow.  This is no different for the funeral industry, funeral homes must advertise themselves to grow their business.  Funeral homes who do not promote are destined to fade away.

    While this is usually rather easy it becomes tricky for the funeral industry.  The funeral home has to find the thin balance between appropriate promotion and inappropriate promotion.  A funeral home has to think long and hard about how, where, why and what it is promotion.