Funeral Webcasting is alive-but may be free soon-YourFuneralGuy

Funeral webcasting is alive and looks well but it may soon be almost  free. It may sound a little scary but some who cannot make it to the funeral live in person a webcast is an alternative. The technology is also known as live streaming video. C-Span use it for the Walter Cronkite Funeral.

This technology has been around for a while and been used by the news media for quite some time. Over the past several years Funeral Homes have come to rely on the Memorial DVD for income. No they are adding a  webcast  to add money to their coffers(Coffins):-).

However the advent of html 5 in 2010 and the elimination the need for ” flash  technology” could very well make livestreaming video available to the common man. Some families are videoing funerals themselves and putting them up on blogs. One Free blog site on the web, wordpress.com will reformat any video (Funeral or other wise). This enables families to take video and put the funeral on web as soon as the  funeral service is over. The cost here is less even if you rent video equipment or hire a video expert.

“THE GIST:

• Cheaper broadband is drawing more people to the Web as a community forum.
• Webcasts captures the same views as funeral attendees.
• The future could make it possible for viewers to participate live.

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If webcasting a funeral seems a little, well, ghoulish to you, you’re not alone. The decade-old service has been a hard sell to most funeral directors until recently. But the advent of cheaper broadband, the financial strain of travel and deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have all contributed to increased use of the Web as a tool to connect loved ones during such times of need.”via news.discovery.com

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What Can Go Wrong at a Funeral(Video)-YourFuneralGuy

With the Mass Burials in Haiti, Burr Oak Cemetery, and Funeral Industry Demise, it is time to lighten up a bit.

Here is The “Golden Girls” do a Funeral arrangement and plan a funeral-Video:  Or take it as what can go wrong at the funeral home.There are actually some good Funeral negotiation tips in this video. The easiest way to consider your own funeral or that of a loved one is to laugh about the subject.

Funeral tips in this video: 1) Do not negotiate a funeral arrangement alone. 2) Do not fall for the Casket Sales pitch 3) Ask to see a less expensive Casket not on the sales floor) 4) Check to see if the Funeral Director Makes a mistake, like cremate the wrong body!-These tips will help you come in under the average cost of a funeral.

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Illinois Gov. Quinn Ad puts Burr Oak Cemetery in Governors Race(Video)-YourFuneralGuy

The  Race for Illinois Governor  is heating up. A recent ad by Governor Pat Quinn is putting the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Front and center. In This ad Quinn challenges Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes Competence.

The Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal which broke in 2009 may be the worst in The nations history. In the money Making Funeral and Burial Scam over three hundred graves were desecrated as graves were moved and Bones scattered all over the Cemetery.

Although The Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal got much press, It is Comptroller Dan Hynes Handling Of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association IFDA Ponzi Scheme that sends the message of “Hynes Incompetence” to the Citizens of the State of Illinois.

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