Chuck Gallagher vice president of sales and marketing for American Funeral Financial talks about tapping into the social networking marketing opportunity during his presentation, “ABCs of Social Networking” at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention. Interview by Funeral Internet Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Eric Robuck president of WebCemeteries.com talks about understanding the types of attackers, the attacks they use and solutions you can employ to secure your business during his presentation, “Internet Security 101″ at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention. Interview by Funeral Website Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Dr. Nick Morgan of www.PublicWords.com of Boston, MA  talks about his presentation, Authentic Communication at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Marketing Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Social Media Guru, Ze Frank (and video blogger for Time.com) shares his thoughts about how social media may be approached by the funeral industry. Ze will be presenting “Facebook May Not Be The Answer”at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention. Interview by Funeral Internet Marketing Trainer, Robin Heppell.

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Tara Hunt author of The Whuffie Factor talks about how social media and the funeral industry can mesh together and about her presentation, “Building Your Social Network with Social Capital”at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention. Interview by Funeral Website Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Joe Budzinski, Internal COO of the ICCFA talks about the Technology Track and the other Programs at the ICCFA 2010 Convention with the Funeral Technology Track Chair, Robin Heppell. This is the first of Tech Track Tuesday Talks – more interviews to come each Tuesday leading up to the Convention.

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For Convention details, visit www.ICCFAConvention.com.

Robin Heppell and the Funeral Gurus will be hosting another series of pre-convention interviews leading up to the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association’s annual convention that is going to be held in San Antonio, Texas from March 10 – 13th.

Pre-Convention Interviews:

• Chuck Gallagher: ABCs of Social Networking for the Funeral Industry
• Eric Robuck: Internet Security 101
• Nick Morgan: Authentic Communication
• Ze Frank: Facebook May Not Be The Answer
• Tara Hunt: Building Your Social Network with Social Capital
• Joe Budzinski: ICCFA Internal Chief Operating Officer

For more information about ICCFA and registration information, visit: www.ICCFA.com

Jessica Koth of  the NFDA shares her thoughts on the 2009 NFDA Convention in Boston. Interview by Funeral Website Consultant, Robin Heppell.

Jackie Huba, author of Citizen Marketers and Creating Customer Evangelists talks about her presentation of the same name at the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Web Strategist, Robin Heppell.

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Frank Rosenacker of Rosenacker & Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio talks about his presentation, Are You Priced for 2009? at the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Robin Heppell of Funeral Futurist Websites.

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David Johnson of TheFuneralSite.com in Kent, Washington talks about his joint presentation with Michael Turkiewicz of FuneralNet in Portland, Oregon, Internet Panel: Using Your Web Site to Generate Leads & Sales at the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com.

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Joe Budzinski, the Internal Chief Operating Officer of the ICCFA talks about the direction of the Association, the new website including the ICCFA Cafe and the excitement leading up to the Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Website Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Mark Krause of Krause Funeral Homes and Cremation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and also the President of the ICCFA talks about his two presentations, Cremation Ethics and Funeral and Interment in China was well as reflecting on his year as the ICCFA President. Interview by Funeral Speaker, Robin Heppell.

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Todd Van Beck and Robin Heppell chat about their upcoming presentations for the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Todd’s presentation is The Assassination and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and Rob’s is What’s Your Strategy.  They also share their thoughts on the ICCFA as an association.

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Dr. Robert Taylor of the University of Memphis talks about his presentations, Organization Dynamics: Turning the Team You Have into the Team You Want and Personnel Management: Hiring and Motivating Your Staff at the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Management  Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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