Facebook is a busy place! This is both a blessing and a curse for funeral homes who are working to get noticed online. It’s great that so many potential customers frequent Facebook these days (about as often as they use the restroom!), but with so much traffic and competition in the Newsfeed it can be difficult for a funeral home to get noticed. We’ve compiled below some quick tips as to how you can increase the odds of being seen when people use the restroom, er…when they browse their Facebook Newsfeed:

This week on Disrupt U!: Stop being romantic about traditional media and 'old' advertising habits! Being romantic about what use to work and not giving attention to what 'works now' and where the consumer is playing, is hurting thousands of funeral homes. Social media is not an option for funeral companies in 2016, it's what's required to be relevant.

Article by: Ryan Thogmartin, CEO of DISRUPT Media

Facebook is quietly rolling out a professional services recommendation feature aimed to take on Yelp. If you are unfamiliar with Yelp, it is a web-based service/app where consumers can find, rate, and review local businesses with which they have dealt. Because Facebook users can rate and review businesses, it only makes sense that Facebook would formalize the review and recommendation process by providing a portal in which it can take place.

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: