DISRUPT Media has been selected by Johnson County Funeral Chapel and Memorial Gardens to help coordinate its social media program. Using their proprietary FUNERAL Social Design Process, DISRUPT Media is helping Johnson County Funeral Home and Memorial Chapel use social media platforms to more fully engage with families in the Overland Park community.

When someone visits your funeral business Facebook page, are they wowed by what they see? First impressions are important, so you want the images on your page to have a memorable and positive impact. It’s not hard to make changes that will have a more pleasing effect. Here are a few ideas and pointers to consider when selecting and modifying your Facebook business page cover photo:

It’s not rocket science. It’s not mind blowing. It’s not new. In fact, it’s pretty flippin’ basic. The funeral business is personal. This is a 100% relationship business. That’s right, relationships – in high school we called this ‘popularity,’ and the prom king always got the girl. The class president wasn’t the most qualified candidate – just the best looking. The funeral business isn’t much different.

Facebook Reactions will roll out soon in the United States. Here's what it means for users, advertisers, and that mortuary school classmate you don't really want to be in touch with anymore.

In December, we started testing the ability for people to share live video on Facebook, and it has been inspiring to see all the ways that people have used Live to connect with their friends and family. Today, we’re excited to expand the ability to share live video to everyone in the U.S. via iPhone, and we plan to start rolling this out to the rest of the world over the coming weeks.

As part of Facebook’s ads there are options to target your ads towards certain groups of people, filtering by things such as age or gender. But there is another option in addition to this called Custom Audiences.