Funeral Home Gifts

Bad Weather Potential for Funeral Blanket Delivery

clarkatl — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:00:55 +0000

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Family Member Comments

clarkatl — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:30:51 +0000

When we walked into the room and saw the funeral blanket for the first time we didn’t know what to say. We touched the blanket and then my wife wrapped it around herself and said her mother is still with her. We keep the tribute blanket on the couch in the living room, it is so large, it is like Peg is still with us. It helps our children. It is like their grandmother is still here to comfort them. It take the sting out of the loss. It helps both me and my wife cope with our loss and we are undone by the generosity of our funeral director. When I asked him what we paid for the blanket he said it was a gift. When I told my wife she responded that you could not put a price on the blanket because it is priceless. She would not part with it for the world. It helps the whole family. Thank you and my brother and sister in laws each have purchased a blanket. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

Funeral Director’s Comments

Tribute Blanket — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:55:34 +0000

Gregg Underwood Funeral Director with over 22 years experience

You can bet I’ve seen all sorts of complicated programs that funeral homes go to, trying to generate new business or to ensure repeat business. I’ll be honest and say I’ve tried a few, but without much success. I started with Funeral Home Gifts just over a month ago, trying to get an edge on our competition. I was looking for something which no one in this area offered, and let me tell you it worked. We just had a family chose our funeral home, simply because they attended a service where we had a tribute blanket displayed in the visitation room! That’s not all. After that same service, we had two separate families move their pre-paid funerals from our competition to us just because of the blanket. I know you know how hard it is to be up all night and work all day, and add more work by upselling keepsakes. But these Tribute Blankets require no up selling – they sell themselves. My families love them – and I know yours will too.

Hoff Family Funeral Home

“We love the tribute blankets, they are amazing! Our families cherish them. Ordering is simple and the tribute blankets come to us overnight. We make a blanket part of every memorial service displaying it in the front of the room behind the urn, giving a focal point to the service. You cannot believe how our families appreciate us for providing this service. Last week I received a call from a client and she thanked me saying the blanket helped her make it through the night.”

-Tim and Ashely Hoff, Hoff Funeral and Cremation Services MN
Call me if you are not convinced, 507-932-4100.

Temrowski Family Funeral Home

“The blankets set us apart from our competitors. We provide a tribute blanket with every service. We have always had good referrals but we noticed that our last 20 services in a row were all referrals, the blankets definitely help us and help our families.”

-Becca Temrowski, Temrowski Family Funeral Home, Fenton, Michigan
Call me if you are not convinced, 810-629-2533.

Falconer Funeral Home

“The blankets have been a big hit with our families. They love them. We provide the blanket with every service. In the first two months of using the blanket in our services we booked two funerals and one pre arrangement directly as a result of the blanket. ”

-Chris Timothy, Falconer Family Funeral Home, Gilbert, Arizona
Call me if you are not convinced,480-892-9411.

Sales Ideas – Funeral Tribute Blankets

clarkatl — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:13:53 +0000

Big Ideas for Improving Sales.

Do not put your Tribute Blanket sample in the selection room. Put it out on a couch in the lobby or on a chair in your office. This is a comfort item, not a casket.

Give the first blanket with a fully paid memorial. The reorders will come and pay for the program.

Hang the blanket next to the casket or behind the urn during the memorial.

Make a ceremony around presenting the blanket to your family after the service. Treat it like an American Flag.

Thank you all for the advice and support. We are delivering over 1,000 blankets per month, 90 % are next day delivery, The key to success with our program is providing your clients with their favorite memory. When families come to the first viewing and see the magnificent tribute blanket hanging from our display rack they are awestruck and always gravitate to the blanket. The blankets help people through the grieving process which due to the large size, they will later cover up with while reading or watching tv. Most people have a blanket beside their favorite chair. Shouldn’t they have a woven blanket from a wonderful memory of their loved one?

Overview

clarkatl — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:59:57 +0000

Tribute Blankets are a love hug that your clients will appreciate. Blankets have always been a part of the grieving process, originally in the form of a quilt. The soft comforting nature of a Tribute Blanket helps to ease us through the pain. Many quilters still make bereavement blankets today although few of us have someone in our family that can create a quilt, but we can use a 100% cotton woven Tribute Blanket in its place.

The Tribute Blanket serves the same purpose as the quilt. The Tribute Blanket is woven using a photograph of a lost loved one, and may include other family members, in a setting that is comforting. Our website also allows for customization with words, borders and other design elements.

Tribute Blankets have helped over twenty five thousand people in the past two years cope with grief and the loss of a loved one! The blankets are large, woven of extra soft cotton and convey a photograph of someone we love. A Tribute Blanket is six feet long and makes us feel better as we wrap up in a favorite photo.