In addition to our renowned magazines, American Funeral Director and American Cemetery, as well as our acclaimed newsletter, Funeral Service Insider, Kates-Boylston has established itself has the chief publication company for books and guides on the death-care industry, such as our esteemed "American Blue Book of Funeral Service," which has been the preeminent shipping directory for funeral service since 1932. From finances to cremation to grounds maintenance and more, Kates-Boylston has a publication for all interests.
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The Funeral Director's Marketing Guide: Reaching out to families to let them know about your products and services is always key, but it's even more important in a challenging economy. With "The Funeral Director's Marketing Guide," you'll be equipping yourself with innovative marketing strategies that will connect you with more consumers.
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The Funeral Director’s Economic Recovery Guide: Weathering an economic downturn while positioning yourself to make the most out the recovery is a tough line to walk. But this book outlines step-by-step actions you can take to ensure you survive the bad times and beat your competitors as the economy turns around.
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The Funeral Director's Economic Survival Guide: Making sure your funeral home thrives has always been tough. But with the economic crisis deepening into a recession that's expected to be more painful than any in living memory, it's about to get tougher. Sponsored exclusively by Homesteaders Life Company, we are sure this guide will help you survive and thrive.
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The Green Funeral Service Desk Reference: a 100-plus page book that serves as a comprehensive guide for funeral service professionals interested in green burial, including profiles of firms that have successfully added green elements to their existing business as well as fully green funeral homes and cemeteries; how-to stories; provider lists; and much more.
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Honoring Veterans: A Guide to Military Services: is an essential guide for funeral professionals to help grieving families properly respect those who gave their lives in service.
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The Pet Loss Insider Desk Reference: The pet memorialization market is exploding,thereby creating the potential to expand your customer base and increase revenue. Since this market is getting bigger, our coverage needs to be bigger as well. That's the goal behind the Pet Loss Insider Desk Reference.
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Cremation Operations Manual published by Kates-Boylston Publications and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) covers all aspects of operating a crematory.
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The American Blue Book Guide to Shipping is a 90-page guidebook that covers the gamut of shipping information, including body preparation concerns, airlines, airtrays and much more.
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American Cemetery's Guide to Grounds Maintenance is a 60-page guidebook full of best practices and tested tactics to help cemeterians beautify and maintain one of their cemeteries' best asset: its landscape.
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American Funeral Director Archives: The Editorials Vol. 1 is collection of editorials throughout the years. Put funeral service history at your fingertips.
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Preneed Sales Field Manual is a 200-plus page guidebook full of best practices and tested tactics to help you get more closed preneed contracts.
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Controlling Your Accounts Receivable: This plain English handbook will give you the tools and tactics to shrink your accounts receivable days and bad debt to almost zero.
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How to Stay Independent and Very Profitable: This nuts-and-bolts guidebook will give you the tools and strategies to slash expenses without compromising quality.
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The Dealmaker's Guide to Funeral Home Transactions is a step-by-step guide to valuing, buying and selling your firm.
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Funerals of the Famous Volume 5, includes the stories of Pope John Paul II, Walt Disney, Rosa Parks, Dale Earnhardt and many more.
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Funerals of the Famous Volume 4, includes the stories of Napoleon, Genghis Kahn, Mickey Mantle, Louie Armstrong and many more.
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Funerals of the Famous Volume 3, includes the stories of Princess Diana, Buddy Holly, Edgar Allen Po, Theodore Roosevelt and many more.
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Funerals of the Famous Volume 2, includes the stories of Sitting Bull, Jesse James, The Bronte Sisters, George Washington and many more.
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Funerals of the Famous Volume 1, includes the stories of Calvin Coolidge, Harry Houdini, Douglas MacArthur, Babe Ruth and many more.
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The Complete Preneed Perspective: Written and compiled by Daniel M. Isard, this is one of the most detailed books ever written about the preneed industry. With the help of some of the profession's top thinkers, he dissects every aspect of preneed - from its historical beginnings to its modern-day operations.
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What Every Funeral Director And Cemeterian Should Know about Cremation: Daniel M. Isard’s latest book on cremation will give you direction on every dynamic of your cremation business to make it more profitable and less prone to lawsuits.
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Traversing the Minefield, by Michael Kubasak and William M. Lamers, teaches funeral service professionals how to excel at serving families while maximizing profit and minimizing risk.
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American Blue Book of Funeral Service: This all-inclusive shipping directory has helped funeral directors boost their shipping business since 1932.
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American Funeral Director magazine is in its 130th year of publishing exceptional educational information for the funeral industry.
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American Cemetery magazine is an independent trade journal for cemetery owners and managers along with others allied to the field.
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Funeral Service Insider is a weekly newsletter that gives you the latest news within the profession; business-building tips and guidance; and forms and work tools.
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Funeral Service Xtra is a FREE biweekly e-zine. With the same top-notch news and information readers have come to expect from American Funeral Director and American Cemetery magazines for more than 100 years, this "extra" will arrive in your inbox every other Friday, with Web exclusive stories and more.
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The Webinar: Green Funeral Service Strategies & Practices:The demand for green products and services is on the rise, and funeral service is no exception. Get a copy of Kates-Boylston first ever green webinar featuring three of the most innovative thinkers involved in natural burial.
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