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.

Blair Nelsen of Nelsen Funeral Homes in Richmond & Williamsburg, Virginia and the Cremation Society of Virginia talks about Funeral Business Models and Online Marketing for Funeral Homes.  Interview by Funeral Marketing & SEO Consultant, Robin Heppell. This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.

Robin Heppell of www.FuneralFuturistWebsites.com talks with Ken Varner of www.CypressLawn.com about the operations at Cypress Lawn and also chat about the Michael Jackson service.  This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.

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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Robin Heppell of www.FuneralFuturist.com talks with Buddy Phaneuf of www.Phaneuf.net and www.CSNH.com about newspaper obituaries and online obits.  This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.

Tim Thompson of Mt. Royal Commemorative Services in Montreal, Quebec talks about his presentation, The Changing World of Advertising at the 2009 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Marketing Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Justin Zabor of Justin Zabor Enterprises and Zabor Funeral Home in Cleveland, Ohio talks about his presentation, Marketing & PR: Media Buzzing Made Easy. Then he turns the tables on Robin Heppell and asks about his presentation, Web 2.0 – the Future of the Internet.

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Dan Katz of Dan Katz Inc. in Northridge, California will be presenting, “Preneed Marketing: What they didn’t teach you in Mortuary College” at the 2008 ICCFA Annual Convention. Interview by Funeral Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Dan Isard of the Foresight Companies presents, “A Sales Souffle Without the Sweat” at Funeral Plans Canada’s 10th Annual Sales Conference. For more pre-conference interviews, see the list of presenters – FPC 2007 Presenters.

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Robin Heppell of Heppell Funeral Solutions presents “Google, YouTube and Your Funeral Home” where funeral directors will learn how to promote their funeral homes on the Internet beyond their own website as well as creating preneed leads once they get the visitor’s attention.  Interview by John Welsh of Funeral Plans Canada. For more pre-conference interviews,  see the list of presenters – FPC 2007 Presenters.

Funeral Plans-Canada is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its Annual Conference – November 28-29, 2007 in Kitchener, Ontario. You can listen to pre-conference interviews with the all of the presenters:

• Sheila Nunn – Funeral Plans Canada – Host of the 10th Annual Sales Conference 
• Ron Downey – Total Performance Ltd.
• Dan Isard – Foresight Companies LLC
• Robin Heppell – Heppell Funeral Solutions
• Dr. Bill Webster – Centre for the Grief Journey

Future Interviews:

• Quinn Eagan – Preneed Funeral Programs

To register visit: http://funeralplans.net/Events.htm

For further information, please contact Tina Dietrich at 1-888-428-4444. The registration deadline is November 12th.

Funeral director George Darte III, of George Darte Funeral Home, St. Catherines, Ontario, explains how he has transformed his funeral home’s selection room from just casket displays to a retail experience where families and friends can purchase sympathy cards, keepsakes, and many other memorialization items. Interview by Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com.

Ron Rosenberg of QualityTalk Inc. presents “The Inner Secrets of Outrageous Marketing.” For more information about Ron Rosenberg and QualityTalk Inc., visit the website at: www.qualitytalk.com. For more interviews, see the list of presenters – NFDA 2007 Presenters