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October 9, 2009 ~ FuneralResources.com Selects FuneralRecording.com as their Preferred Provider for Funeral Webcasting and Recording Solutions

Funeralresources.com, the industry’s leading family-focused online resource for funeral planning, announced today they will be selecting FuneralRecording.com as their Preferred Provider for all of their funeral webcasting and recording solutions.
As a token of www.funeralresources.com appreciation and commitment to FuneralResources.com, their families, and their team of quality funeral providers, FuneralRecording.com will be offering a 33% discount for all new webcasting clients who sign up before the end of November.

This 33% discount is extended to all Funeral Homes and Cemeteries who take advantage of their cutting edge funeral Webcasting technology through www.funeralresources.com.

To take advantage of this special offer through the end of November, simply click on www.funeralresources.com, visit their Resource Center, and then click on their Webcasting link.

FuneralResources.com is well-known for their professional and user-friendly website and Five Funeral Services Directories, offering help in each of various types of funeral planning. And most notably, FuneralResources.com has an exclusive Pre-Screened and Qualified™ process, which was created to help families find the most qualified and trusted funeral professionals, merchandise, and services.

Christopher P. Hill, Founder of FuneralResources.com, said: Statistics show that more than 80% of funeral planning now begins on the Internet. Therefore, it became very clear to me exactly what families really need right now, which is a trusted place on the Internet where they can turn to and easily find what they are searching for…the right combination of helpful funeral resources and highly-qualified industry professionals. Considering FuneralRecording.com’s experience, quality, flexibility, price, and easy-to-use software, it was clear to us that they would be the perfect fit as our Preferred Webcasting Provider.

Since we are so blessed and fortunate to be working on behalf of approximately 20,000 dedicated funeral professionals and thousands of families in need, we must never forget that our job is to do everything we can to offer the best selections, prices, care, and professional service.

In fact, if you visit our website “Resource Center”, and click on the “Webcasting” link, you can see our detailed reasons for choosing FuneralRecording.com. This clearly explains why we recommend their services to Funeral Directors who are looking for the newest and most innovative funeral services for their families”

 

September 9, 2009 ~ Flash Webcasting & Free Websites

FuneralRecording.com of Ogden, Utah has just announced that they are offering FREE websites for all new webcasting clients. Since 2001, FuneralRecording.com has been providing high-quality recording and webcasting solutions to funeral homes. Seeing the need for more modern funeral home websites with more technology integration, they have worked with the best to tie it all together.
These websites are being offered as an incentive for signing up with FuneralRecording.com’s affordable flash webcasting. Their webcasts are streamed as flash video, making them visible by nearly anyone, anywhere, on any computer! All broadcasts are easily integrated right into the simple obituary management system of your new website. There your clients can become part of the memorial service from anywhere in the world. These are websites that meet the needs of today’s funeral directors by integrating the most cutting edge technologies including webcasting, on-demand video, and social networking.
For more information go to www.funeralrecording.com or funeralrecording.wordpress.com to read the latest blog news. You may also call 801.866.1780 or email info@funeralrecording.com.

 

May 11, 2009 ~ Webcasting Article in the Record-Courier

By Diane Smith

Record-Courier staff writer

MANTUA — One morning at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., employees gathered to attend the funeral of a friend who had worked with them for 15 years.

So they went to a computer to call up the Web site for Green’s Family Funeral Home, which arranged services for Marian Bayless of Deerfield.

There, they could find a collage of photos of their friend set to music, her obituary, and the broadcast of the funeral that took place hundreds of miles away.

Funeral Director David Green said since he began webcasting funerals, they have been viewed by loved ones serving overseas in the military, a daughter in Arizona, and families with a loved one who was in the hospital at the time of the service.

“I can’t get over the response on it,” Green said.

Green said his funeral home is the only one he knows of in Ohio that broadcasts video footage of funeral services the way he does. A funeral home in central Ohio offers them, but the webcasts are password protected, which limits access.

Green said he didn’t want to do it that way because funerals are generally public events. He also said many grieving families can’t immediately think of everyone who might want to see the funeral.

The videos are broadcast live, and also can be viewed 90 days after the service or longer. Green, who confesses to being computer illiterate, has friends as far away as Germany watching the remote services to give him feedback.

The webcasts are archived for at least 90 days, and so far, none have been removed. Archived footage also is kept on file by the funeral home. Two cameras are used to back up the webcast, and if there is a technical problem, the service should be back online within a day.

“Within 24 hours of a live broadcast, we get a response from a family member who tells us they want a copy of it,” Green said.

Children and members of the public, as well as the casket, are kept out of the video footage unless the family requests otherwise. Instead, the camera, tucked off to the side, focuses on what is happening at the podium, and all speakers and singers are aware of the video camera in advance.

The cameras also have been taken into two area Catholic churches, and the priests officiating the service were excited about the technology, Green said. They also explained that it was OK to photograph children who served as altar servers in the Mass, because their parents had previously signed a release permitting them to be on camera.

Families can be somewhat hesitant when they first hear of the technology, but eventually warm to it as they hear it explained, Green said.

“Then they say, ‘How much does it cost?’” he said. “When I tell them it’s free, they’re stunned.”

Green works with Timothy Peterson of Video-Gift, a company that makes videos as memorials or for special occasions. Peterson also is responsible for updating the funeral home’s Web site, www.greenfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Peterson’s company also puts together a scrolling collage of photos, a service that has become commonplace at many funeral homes.

If families do want a DVD keepsake of the service, Peterson charges $25. The DVD is personalized and comes in a custom case with the obituary printed on the back.

“We wanted to give them something they could be proud to put with their DVD collection,” he said.

FuneralRecording.com provides the webcasting technology to Green. The Utah-based company was the first to stream audio services over the Internet and uses Flash Media Player, which is used in the majority of computers.

“Amazingly, Mr. Green’s rural funeral home is in the top 10 percent of hits for their web site,” Peterson said.

Green, seeing the emotional power of the video, said he plans to offer videotaped messages to military families in Portage, Geauga and surrounding counties at Christmas and patriotic holidays starting this fall. Messages to loved ones in the armed forces will be available for viewing by the military on the web site.

Peterson said the tributes are not too different than the cardboard photo collages families have put up for years.

“This is the technology we live in,” he said.

 

October 1, 2008 ~ FuneralRecording.com Launches Flash Webcasting Solution

Ogden, UT - FuneralRecording.com launches unlimited Flash Webcasting solution for only $149 per month! For over seven years, Funeral Recording has offered the best in recorded keepsakes, beginning by offering free recording equipment to their customers, editing the audio recordings, and then broadcasting them online. Now they have launched their state-of-the-art funeral webcasting solution.

Webcasting has swept the funeral industry over the last year, and Funeral Recording has created the most affordable and the easiest way to begin broadcasting your services live! Webcast technology allows those who are unable to attend the funeral to watch it on the internet as it is happening. This innovative webcasting solution is made possible by using Flash Media Player - the industry standard. By being the first to use Flash, Funeral Recording webcasts can be viewed by millions of viewers who would have otherwise been left out due to compatibility issues.

 

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