A Gauntlet type week! FUNERAL hustle explores a thriving business in Charleston, SC filled with very talented and ambitious employees and owner. The rest of the week is filled with on the road meeting and in office meetings all before making the journey out West to Spokane, Washington for the Washington Funeral Directors Association conference!

Tis the season! Convention Season! Ryan travels to the Indiana Funeral Directors Association and Ohio Funeral Directors Association conventions and hammers down on the fact you are throwing MONEY and FUTURE BUSINESS AWAY! One slight adjustment could change your overall success.

This is a special episode that takes you south to Jacksonville, FL to an invite only meeting put on by Live Oak Bank. Get a glimpse into the ‘why’ behind the vision that lead to this roundtable. You will quickly see how this group of funeral suppliers and big thinkers will be the driving force of change in the funeral profession.

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About Ryan Thogmartin:
Ryan Thogmartin is a death care entrepreneur and the CEO of DISRUPT Media and creator of ConnectingDirectors.com. | Follower of Christ | Husband | Father | Entrepreneur | Host of #DISRUPTu! and #FUNERALnationtv | Lover of Skittles
About DISRUPT Media:
Most deathcare companies struggle with Facebook marketing. We provide a process for creating personalized Facebook content that will drive community engagement and measurable leads ensuring growth and profitability.

We’re going to Las Vegas baby!! The ICCFA Convention is the kick off to the funeral professions convention season. Follow our team to Las Vegas as we talk with funeral directors about the changing landscape of the deathcare profession. We talk about grief content on Facebook, custom apps for obituaries, we watch street performs and we get an inspirational spoken word from my man Keith Charles - evolve or dissolve. You gotta know the uppertaker and the undertaker.

Social media is universal and valuable for every single profession. It’s a language that has no barriers and the only constant that ties it all together is the consumer. The same consumer buying a car or searching for a dentist is also the same consumer that will shop a funeral home. The buying habits of that consumer will not change regardless of the profession or product they are shopping.

Wanna know what it's like in our office on a typical day? How do we plan, how do we do meetings and how do we stay on top of all that changes in the social media world? You spent most of 2017 following me around the globe at speaking gigs and client meetings, now, get an inside look at the real work of running a company, leading a team of 22 people, managing hundreds of clients and keeping tabs on Facebook changes. Also, how have we positioned ourselves to be the leaders and stay in the lead?

Social media is ‘marketing.’ It’s not the new marketing, it’s the current state of marketing, and funeral homes and deathcare companies can no longer afford to ignore it. There are so many reasons why deathcare companies need to get their heads out of the sand and start engaging on the platforms used by over 68% of all Americans.

We head to the great white north, home of superior Maple Syrup your favorite comedians, politeness, and unfortunately Justin Bieber and Nickelback. We hop across the border to Niagara to talk about the importance of Facebook ads and how they can give you leverage in your market! Thank you to Funeral Plans Canada for hosting us!

Ryan is EXPOSED as a terrible (.....) in FUNERAL hustle 015! Part 2 of our Boston NFDA recap we swing by the Pierce Chemical booth for a GOLDEN giveaway, Homesteaders and Disrupt Media join forces and drop knowledge on traditional and digital marketing.

This one is going to be a wicked pissa! We packed our bags and set out to the East Coast for the annual National Funeral Directors Association! FH 14 shows you the hustle and bustle of a convention of this size with such companies as funeralOne, Homesteaders Life Company, Tukios, Inc. and lastly, we give YOU the key to successful social media marketing.