While the advancement of technology has allowed for more mobility, it has also increased the distance between loved-ones. What hasn’t changed is our desire to keep up on family and friends. Cemeteries are beginning to offer a new kind of headstone that will connect families worldwide. By combining traditional granite markers with newer barcode types […]
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North Dakota Woman Helps Repair Abandoned Veteran Gravesites
JoAnne Whicker of North Dakota visits Grand Fork Memorial Park often because she has family members buried in the cemetery. During her last visit to the cemetery, she was upset over the appearance of some of the veteran grave sites. “I think it’s sad. “We have to remember what they have done for our country […]
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Should Cemeteries Live-Stream Graveside Services?
As technology continues to evolve, people want to be more connected to their friends. It seems like everyone today is launching some kind of life event on social media. The latest of these social networking trends is live-streaming of funeral services. Although not new, funeral streaming has only caught on over the past couple of […]
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Still Using Access, Excel for Cemetery Records?
Microsoft Access (first released in 1992) was revolutionary software through the 90’s and early 2000’s. Armed with an “Access for Dummies” guide and little bit of desire, cemeteries were able to build customized databases! This made managing precious and ever-growing grave and owner information much easier. It also meant we could finally search for grave […]
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Multi-Location Cemetery Software Solution
Do you own or manage multiple cemeteries? Are you struggling with finding a software that fits your organizations operations? Look no further and schedule a demo to see our advanced solutions for multi-location cemeteries! CemSites makes it easy. Key features & benefits: Easy to Adopt! Our software molds around your organizations operations. Every button you need […]
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Why Cemetery Software Should be in the Cloud
Still hand writing cemetery records? Using Microsoft Excel or Access? Or some desktop based software package? If you are using any of those methods you are losing hours of time each any every day. Cloud software has been on the scene now for nearly 20 years it’s time for your cemetery to make up for […]
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Is Your Cemetery Software Secure?
Security today is both a major concern and an overused, ambiguous buzzword …and by buzzword I really mean “selling point”. Ah yes, even we here at Cemsites.com use it to promote our own products and services. So let us take a moment and assess this need for cemetery software to be secure and then after […]
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How Cemeteries can Save Money with a Website
Every organization is concerned about cost savings, cemeteries are no different. We’ve talked previously about how building a website can generate revenue by automating your sales process, but today I want to explain how investing in your website can be one of the smarter ways to save your cemetery money year-over-year. Owning a website enables organizations […]
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How to Market your Cemetery’s Website
One of the biggest mistakes I’ve watched small businesses make is spending several thousand dollars on a beautiful website and then never putting forth the effort to tell anyone about it. I’m not sure what it is about websites that makes people think that they are magic money-making trees. Websites are just a tool to […]
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How Cemeteries Can Generate New Revenue with a Website
If you own or help manage a cemetery, chances are you are aware of the concerns around the industry of possible year-over-year profits declining. Perhaps it is due to an increase in cremations, but no matter the reason I would contend that cemeteries do not need to fear cremation or any other uncontrollable threat. Rather, they need […]
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