Jim Larkin says:

Dear Tom “…a very sincere “Thank You” for your assistance in talking with the sellers attorney…Your expertise and more importantly, your reputation for fairness was responsible for his change of mind. It is always a pleasure to visit with you.”...

Survey Responses

In Johnson Consulting Group’s recent E-Newsletter, we surveyed funeral professionals regarding their experience in dealing with Alternative Cremation and Burial Business Service Providers (Discount operations). This is what they had to say and some thoughts: Do you...

Brooks Cowles-Tax Cuts Article

by Brooks Cowles (JCG Field Representative) As we predicted last year, 2010 has been a good year for those owners who felt they were close to succession to bump up their timing and go to market. First, and most likely, it continues to look as though capital gains...

Management Performance Improvement

As is with our funeral business management consulting services Management Division, Accounting Division and JCGPerformanceTracker™ program, we think the below top ten strategies should be considered and reviewed within your own firm. All of them follow under our...

Mark Musgrove says:

We had concerns maintaining high quality customer service at our funeral business following a large acquisition that tripled the size of our company overnight.  Johnson Consulting Group helped us raise quality service projections at our new businesses and maintain our...

Service Corporation International Research Report

With Service Corporation International being the biggest supplier of what we all do, I always take interest in these releases by investment analyst. This is a good report for SCI, which translates to more interest from banks and investors in the funeral business. ...

Brooks Cowles-Succession Planning Article

Succession planning for your business really is like a puzzle in many ways.  For one, there are many pieces that have to fit together.  Depending on your view, it can look impossibly confusing or deceptively simple.  The fact is, just the basic elements present in...

Gearing Up Financially for 2010

Jake Johnson was interviewed by Ed Defort in the December 2009 issue of Memorial Business Journal Given the recent economic gyrations, how can funeral homes and cemeteries best gear up for 2010? JJ: Funeral homes and cemeteries will need to be sure to budget their...