Start a Grave Care Maintenance Business – Autumn 2011

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Autumn in a Cemetery - Great time to start your Grave Care Maintenance business

August 2011 – This year is flying by and the summer is already winding down. As much as I want summer to last just a bit longer, Autumn is my favorite time of year. Soon, the leaves will be turning colors and falling from the trees. There will be a nip in the night time sky and the day time shadows will grow just a little bit longer.

There is another benefit to Autumn. I LOVE working in cemeteries during the months of September, October, and November when the leaves are brilliantly colored and weather allows for fun working conditions. There are plenty of jobs to do in cemeteries this time of year. Tombstone cleaning, end-of-summer maintenance, pre-winter maintenance, floral decorations, plot repair, etc.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Maintenance business, please look at our main website. We have developed a professionally produced, comprehensive business training course teaching you how to start and operate a successful grave care business.

Right now is an absolute perfect time to start your business and build your client list. The course covers practically everything you could want to know about running a grave care business. If you have any questions, please let us know.

The website address is:

Grave Care Maintenance Business
http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

Cemetery Maps: Free Advertising for your Grave Care Business

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Cemetery Maps - Free Grave Care Advertising
Free Cemetery Maps – Grave Care Business Advertising

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care / Grave Site Maintenance business, you have probably spent a considerable amount of time developing plans to advertise your company.

Grave care is a unique type of business where many forms of traditional advertising do not reach potential customers.  Due to the nature of grave care, business owners must rely on creatively designed marketing efforts to attract the right types of customers.
One way to advertise your grave care services to potential clients is by developing cemetery maps for the specific cemeteries where you offer your grave site maintenance services.  After you develop the map, a carefully placed  “InfoBox”  can be used to hold the maps for visitors to the cemetery.  Even if a visitor to the cemetery already knows where their loved one is buried, they will often take a map out of the InfoBox just to check for proper placement and to see the names of other people interred within the cemetery.
To advertise your grave care services, place a small advertisement at the bottom of the map telling people about your services and directing them to your website and giving them your business telephone number.
This is just one of many ways you can market your grave care business.  Within out Grave Care Business program, we have developed a very helpful marketing handbook teaching you great techniques on how to advertising your grave care business.
If you have ever thought about starting a Grave Care / Grave Site Maintenance Business, we have developed a HUGE training course that will teach you practically everything you could want to know about starting and operating a successful business.
To learn more about our business course, please visit our main website by clicking the link below:
How To Start A Grave Care / Grave Site Maintenance Business
http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

Grave Care Customer Causing Problems? – We can work it out.

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Grave Care / Grave Maintenance customer causing you problems?

As hard as you may try to please all your grave care customers, you are bound to have an occasional customer who will be dissatisfied with your services.  The way you choose to deal with complaints depends on your personality, their personality, the nature of the complaint, and both parties’ desired outcome.

In our almost 20 years of experience, we have found that the VAST majority of complaints will come from simple misunderstandings between you and your customers.  Grave care and grave site maintenance is a very personal business and your success will depend on the personal relationships you are able to build with your customers.

Unless your customer is simply determined to be dissatisfied no matter what you offer, your communication skills will help you determine the problem and find a reasonable solution.

We have developed a “Customer Care” guide book within the pages of our Grave Care / Grave Site Maintenance Course that deals specifically with finding solutions to customer problems.

Whenever I am faced with a problem customer, I like to sing this Beatles’ song to myself.  It helps me realize that there is a solution to every problem.

WOW! You have a GREAT job.

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Recently, I was out mapping a cemetery.

I had my mapping GPS, a pad & pencil, and a camera.  I wasn’t really thinking much about what I was doing but I was definitely enjoying my day in a beautiful cemetery.  Looking at tombstones, enjoying quiet serenity, and working in a beautiful environment are only a few of the positive attributes I get to enjoy.

Anyway, as I was going about my work, I got a comment from someone who passed by.  “Wow, you have a GREAT job.”

I must say that the comment struck me a bit funny.  I have been running my own business since 1992 and in all those years I’ve never really thought of it as a “job.”  A JOB?  A job is something that you HAVE to go to every day.  It’s something that you don’t really look forward to.  It’s something that you dread 5 days each week.

I get to explore cemeteries, take pictures of very interesting tombstones & grave markers, and meet amazing people everyday….I can’t really say it’s a JOB.

One question I am constantly asked is “Is it difficult to start a Grave Care Business?”   While it is not tremendously difficult to get started in this business, there are many things you need to know to get started correctly.  I have always been a firm believer in having a mentor and learning from other peoples’ mistakes.  When I got my very first grave care customers, there was no one for me to learn from.  I wish I could have had a mentor in those early days.

If you are truly interested in cemeteries and gravestones, I believe Grave Care is one of the best small businesses in the world.  My team and I have spent a considerable amount of effort developing the Grave Care Business training course so you can learn how to properly start, operate, and grow your own successful Grave Care Business.  Though you will probably never think of it as work, it truly is a GREAT job.

To learn more about the Grave Care Business training course, please visit our home page.  And remember, your purchase includes free support.  We love discussing all aspects of the Grave Care Business so if you need to ask questions or seek advice, just give us a call and we’ll do our best to help.

For more information visit our homepage:

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http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

Cleaning Tombstones with Chlorine Bleach – Don’t Do It

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Hi Everyone:

We recently returned from a trip to South Florida to study above ground cemetery design. Ahhh….what an amazing trip. If you are a cemetery lover and ever have a chance to travel to South Florida, please take the opportunity. There are many amazing cemeteries in this part of the country.

The weather was gorgeous and allowed for long days exploring cemeteries without much hindrance of rain.  I took over 700 photographs during the visit and I hope to share many of those with you in the coming weeks. We discovered many beautiful cemeteries, monuments, and epitaphs during our research trip.

There is one picture I want to share with you today. 

Cleaning tombstones with liquid chlorine bleach is not advised.

Tombstone cleaning with liquid chlorine bleach is not advised.

In this picture, tucked away behind an above ground monument, you can see a gallon jug of Clorox.  Although many people believe that a diluted solution of Clorox is okay to use as a cleaning agent, it is generally not advised for safe use of cleaning tombstones and monuments according to many tombstone preservation specialists.   Often, using improper chemicals, using chemicals improperly, and using improper cleaning methods can irreparably damage tombstones and mausoleums.  Learning proper care of tombstones and monuments takes many years under the guidance of a trained specialist.  So, please, if you are thinking about cleaning tombstone, take a significant amount of time to research proper cleaning methods before you take the chance at doing permanent damage to the stones you are trying to protect.

If you are interested in learning proper methods of doing general tombstone cleaning and starting your own Grave Care Business, you will be very interested in our Grave Care Business training course.  To learn more about the business course, please visit our home page:

http://www.GraveCareBusiness.com
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Grave Care Business Grave Site Maintenance for 2011

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Hi Everyone:

I just want to take a couple of minutes to make a quick post. It is hard to believe that 2011 is already 1 month old. Although February is already here, there is still plenty of time to start your own Grave Care Maintenance company before spring arrives. Getting started right away means you will have time to properly develop your business plans before the Spring rush arrives during the next month or two.

February has a couple of important days to consider for grave decorations. However, the busy season really begins in March and April when you can gain many clients for after-winter restoration, spring cleanup, and Easter decorations. If you have been thinking about starting a Grave Care Maintenance business, right now (like, TODAY!) is the perfect time to get started.

If you don’t know how to start or if you are just looking for ideas for your Grave Care company, please navigate to our home page to read about our comprehensive Grave Care Business training course. We have taken a tremendous amount of time and effort to develop a professionally produced business course teaching you practically everything you could want to know about starting and operating a successful grave care business.

To learn more, please visit our home page:

http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com
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Find Cemeteries with your GPS

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Hi everyone. This is Keith with GraveSiteBusiness.com

We have recently upgraded our “Grave Care Business Course” for 2013. So if you are interested in starting a successful business where you can spend much of your time in beautiful cemeteries, please visit our main website at: Grave Care Business [www.GraveCareBusiness.com]

Today, I am going to show you how to find practically any cemetery in the United States with a Garmin GPS. For today’s example, I will use a Garmin Nuvi 780. Many GPS’s will work as long as they can accept a POI (Point of Interest) data set. Check your GPS instructions to see if it is compatible with this demonstration. You will also need a USB to USB mini cable to connect your GPS with your Computer.

Two downloads are important to this demonstration. The first file is the POI-Factory Cemetery Data Set. You can visit POI-Factory at this address:  http://www.poi-factory.com

The second download is a Garmin program that allows your computer and your GPS to communicate with each other. Once you download and install this program, you will be able to copy the POI data set to your Garmin GPS.  http://www.Garmin.com

There are 124,000 records within this POI file. Transferring the data to your GPS is a simple process and will only take a few minutes to complete.

To find the data on your GPS, begin at the main menu screen. Press “Where To” then press the down arrow once. You should see a button called “Extras.” From the list of POI files, choose the one called “Custom POIs.” You should now see a list of cemeteries in order of proximity to your current location.

I have used this data set extensively across the United States. I have visited hundreds of cemeteries and I have found many hidden and otherwise impossible-to-find cemeteries. This is a very neat tool. I hope it helps you find many cemeteries.

Once again, I would like to say that if you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care and Grave Site Maintenance Business, please visit our website. We have developed a professionally produced comprehensive business course designed to help you start and operate your own Grave Care Business. Our website address is: http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

Please note: This video is governed by the term of service located on our website. We are not associated with Google, Garmin or POI-Factory. Please review their terms of service before downloading any program or using any service or product.

Beautiful Day in a Cemetery

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Hi Everyone:

I’ve just come in from working in one of our local cemeteries.

I was thinking about you all because this is such a BEAUTIFUL day. The sun is shining, there is not a cloud in the sky, the birds are singing, and the temperature is almost perfect. Today, I have mostly been performing documentation work. I’ve also had the task of picking up litter and assorted trash in one cemetery. Trash collection is not the most enviable job but it is one of the must-do’s when many of your clients have loved ones buried in non perpetual care cemeteries. It is a shame that people litter on such a sacred parcel of ground.

Most of the trash was bottles and cans and easy to collect. The area looks great now and I’m satisfied with a job well done. Picking up litter is definately not my favorite activity in a cemetery but luckily trash is not normally a big problem and then I can get on with the other work on the day’s agenda.

Anyway, I just wanted to hop on here and write to tell you. If you enjoy cemeteries, tombstones, and gravesites I hope you are thinking about starting your Grave Care Business. There is such a GOOD feeling of accomplishment when you are able to make your clients happy, do what you love, and make a very nice income out of it, all while working in beautiful cemeteries.

If you are thinking about starting your own grave care / grave site maintenance business, I hope you will look at the Grave Care Business Course we have developed. It is a fantastic business tool to help you get started. Read all about it on our main webpage: www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

Cemetery Photography Review – Canon 50mm f1.8 EF

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Our Grave Care Business course shows you how to add cemetery and grave site photography to your Grave Care Business. In order to get the most money possible for your photography services, you will need to present aesthetically pleasing pictures to your customers.  We give you many instructions how to take cemetery and grave site photographs.  We also show you how much money to charge for your work.

Taking great photography of cemeteries, grave sites, and tombstones requires an artistic eye as well as knowledge of your photographic equipment.  Pictures can be greatly enhanced by using focusing techniques such as shallow depth of field and wide depth of field.  While our Grave Care Business course goes into great detail, we like to occasionally use this blog to show you new tools that will help you in your business.  One such tool is a proper lens for your camera.

A few of the Grave Care Business owners who have purchased our guidebooks and software have wondered about the Canon EF f1.8 50mm dSLR lens.  To help you decide if this lens is right for you, we have purchased it an conducted a trial.  For $100, it is a keeper…especially when lenses of a little higher quality (Canon f1.4 50mm) sell for over 3x the cost.

So, if you are considering purchasing this lens for your cemetery photography business, this review should help you make your decision.

Starting A Grave Care Maintenance Business – Prairie Dogs

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Overgrown cemeteries. Neglected grave sites. Tombstones in disrepair. When running your own grave site maintenance / grave care business, these are a few of the challenges you expect to help customers with on a daily basis.

However, what would you do if you were asked to deal with a cemetery full of Prairie Dogs? On one hand, you cannot allow them to completely run amok in the cemetery. On the other hand, you should not subscribe to a scorched earth policy of poisoning or gassing living animals that have been forced into a cemetery due to nearby construction.

So, would you have a solution to this problem? I would love to hear ideas on how to solve this.

By-the-way, if you are interested in operating your own grave care business you can learn how to do it through the Grave Site Business training course. We show you how to get customers, deal with cemetery management, develop services to offer your customers, and effectively price your services to make great money in this business.

Though there’s probably not a lot of money in Prairie Dog removal from cemeteries, we show you how you can start a thriving business and make great money offering services such as: Grounds Maintenance, Grave Plot Care, Decorating Headstones for Special Occasions, Offering Photography and Videography, and providing Documentation and Cemetery Mapping services.

To learn more about the business program, visit our main website: http://www.GraveSiteBusiness.com

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