by JCGAdmin | May 14, 2012 | Press Releases
Funeral Home Accounting Consultant, Johnson Consulting Group To Open New Funeral Home Accounting Building Scottsdale, Arizona Top Funeral Home Accounting Company, Johnson Consulting Group, Rapid Growth prompts New Building for Funeral Home Accounting Division Jake...
by JCGAdmin | Mar 14, 2012 | Press Releases
Jake Johnson, President of the Johnson Consulting Group (JCG), the death care industry’s premier Total Solutions Consulting Firm announced its winners of the “JCG 2011 Excellence in Customer Service Awards”. The Awards were presented to JCG client...
by JCGAdmin | Dec 5, 2011 | Articles
Recently, Tom Johnson was asked to “weigh-in” on succession planning at cemeteries. 1. Why is exit planning for cemetery owners important? Succession planning for cemetery owners may be more important than any other type of business for one simple reason;...
by JCGAdmin | Dec 5, 2011 | Articles
The subject of this article is most interesting for a couple of reasons; one, most funeral directors do little strategic planning and, two, even less prepare an annual budget. I have spoke about this subject for many years but see little progress. The typical modus...
by JCGAdmin | Dec 5, 2011 | Articles
Tom Johnson was recently asked to “weigh-in” on the below trends. Cremation- I think everyone will agree that the cremation rate will continue to increase. But I also think the number of cremations with some sort of service will also increase. That’s...
by JCGAdmin | Dec 5, 2011 | Articles
Perhaps it is time for a “wake-up” call!” There is an undeniable truth that more and more people are saying things like: “When I die, just get rid of me…no muss, no fuss. Maybe you can throw a party, but I sure don’t want a...
by JCGAdmin | Dec 5, 2011 | Articles
The last several years were a tough time to try to sell a funeral home. Values were depressed and then the credit market collapsed, so would-be buyers couldn’t obtain financing for a purchase. Now, however, I’m seeing more acquisition activity. For those...
by JCGAdmin | Nov 30, 2011 | Testimonials
Perhaps the most valuable lesson I learned through my journey with JCG is knowledge is important and should be gathered from as many sources as possible and on a continuous basis but timing is king. We were fortunate our relationship with JCG started many years before...
by JCGAdmin | Nov 30, 2011 | Testimonials
Just wanted to let you know what a positive experience it was to have Greg and Al out to St. Louis last week. For us at least, I don’t know how much more 10 degree temperatures those guys could have handled…Greg and Al obviously know their stuff and did a...
by JCGAdmin | Nov 30, 2011 | Testimonials
In January 2010, Fares J. Radel Funeral homes needed to refinance our funeral home in Cincinnati. The loan amount was over $1.5 million and I found in dealing with traditional banks, they do not fully understand the ebbs and tides of funeral home cash flow. After...