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2024 – Start a Grave Care Business in the New Year

2024 – How to start a small grave care maintenance business in the new year. 12 steps to help you start your own Grave Care Business.

We are excited about the new year. 2024 promises to be a very robust year, with a great business environment. We want to help you start your own Grave Care Business.

Starting a new Grave Care – Cemetery Maintenance Business in 2024 involves a combination of strategic planning, market research, and adaptability to the current business landscape. We are passionate about cemeteries and correct maintenance standards. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you kickstart your entrepreneurial journey:

  1. Identify Your Passion and Skills:
    • Choose a business idea that aligns with your interests and skills. If you enjoy visiting cemeteries and want to protect these sacred spaces, a Grave Care Business is the perfect small business for you to start. This will not only keep you motivated but also increase your chances of success.
  2. Conduct Market Research:
    • Analyze the current market trends, consumer needs, and competition in your local geographic area. Is anyone else offering grave tending services? Are they doing an adequate job, or can you provide better services? Identify gaps in the market that your business can fill.
  3. Develop a Business Plan:
    • Outline your business goals, target audience, marketing strategy, financial projections, and operational plan. A well-thought-out business plan is crucial for guiding your business decisions.
  4. Legal Considerations:
    • Choose a suitable legal structure for your business (sole proprietorship, LLC, corporation, etc.). Register your business with the appropriate authorities and obtain any necessary licenses or permits.
  5. Build a Strong Online Presence for Advertising Purposes:
    • In the digital age, having a robust online presence is essential. Create a professional website, establish a presence on social media platforms, and consider e-commerce if applicable to your business.
  6. Funding Your Business:
    • Determine how much capital you need to start and sustain your business. Explore various funding options, such as personal savings, loans, angel investors, venture capital, or crowdfunding.
  7. Purchase Grave Care Maintenance Equipment and Supplies:
    • Determine which equipment and supplies you need for the particular grave care services you plan to offer in your business. Do not rush out and buy equipment before reading our grave care business guidebook. There are special cemetery restrictions you need to understand. Don’t make the mistake of buying the wrong equipment.
  8. Build a Strong Client Base:
    • Building a strong client base is no accident. Attracting the high-quality, profitable clients makes the difference between success and failure. We will teach you how to fill your customer roster with high-quality, profitable customers.
  9. Network with Cemetery Management Companies:
    • Building a strong reputation is vital to your business success. We teach you strategies to properly network with Cemetery Management Companies, Funeral Homes, Churches, Nursing Homes, Genealogical Associations, etc.
  10. Adaptability and Innovation:
    • The business landscape concerning regulations and proper protocols is constantly evolving. Be prepared to adapt to changes and embrace innovation. Stay informed about industry trends, technology advancements, and consumer preferences. Our guidebook describes this landscape in operating your own grave care business.
  11. Focus on Customer Experience:
    • Grave Care is a relationship between you and your clients. Prioritize customer satisfaction and build strong relationships. In return, positive word-of-mouth will significantly contribute to the success and growth of your business.
  12. Monitor Finances Closely:
    • Keep a close eye on your financial health. Regularly review and adjust your budget, track expenses, and ensure proper accounting practices are in place.

Remember that starting a business is a dynamic process, and continuous learning and adaptation are key to long-term success. Stay open to feedback, be resilient in the face of challenges, and remain committed to your vision.

We are dedicated to helping you start your own grave care maintenance business, with our Grave Care Business Course. You can order directly through this website (https://GraveCareBusiness.com). We ship promptly. If you have any questions, please let us know via our “Contact” page.

-Keith

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Professional Grave Care Services: Precious Memories of Honor and Reverence

As a provider of grave care services, you will provide vital services in helping families maintain the dignity of their departed loved ones within their cemeteries.

When families visit the final resting places of their loved ones, they are there to pay respect to hallowed grounds that hold immense family significance. Gravesites, gravestones, and mausoleums provide physical locations for families to pay respects to their loved ones.

When families visit, they wish to be greeted with a pleasant cemetery, well-manicured gravesites, and legible gravestones adorned with beautiful floral decorations. Far too many cemeteries fall into neglect and disrepair. Instead of having a pleasant experience giving respects, they must deal with the inconvenience of overgrown gravesites, unreadable gravestones, and damaged decorations. Instead of their visit being an enlightening and uplifting experience, it is depressing to visit an unmaintained gravesite.

Even in managed-care cemeteries, gravesites are often not maintained to the family’s standards.

We have developed a new, niche market of Grave Care Services to provide valuable resources for individuals and families seeking to maintain and preserve the beauty and integrity of their family’s gravesites.

Understanding Grave Care Services

Grave care includes professional services dedicated to the upkeep and maintenance of entire cemeteries, mausoleums, columbaria, and individual burial sites. In addition to services already provided by managed-care cemeteries, grave care business owners provide services designed to comfort grieving families. Grave care business owners ensure the final resting places of their loved ones are maintained with care, respect, and attention to detail.

3 Primary Services

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, you will want to think carefully about which services you are going to offer. Although there are about 10 core services that will make your business profitable, there are 3 primary services to consider.

  1. Grave Plot Maintenance: Grave care services provide regular seasonal maintenance to keep burial sites in manicured condition throughout the year. This may include tasks such as trimming grass, removing weeds, planting flowers, and promoting the overall neatness of the gravesite. Grave care professionals create a pleasant atmosphere for remembrance.
  2. Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration: Over time, graves can become covered by moss, dirt, and grime. Grave plots become covered in leaves that retain moisture and cause discoloration and slimy mildew on gravestones. Grave care professionals provide cleaning and restoration of tombstones and grave markers. Appropriate cleaning procedures and materials remove stains, dirt, and biological growth, restoring the gravestone’s original beauty and legibility. Most importantly, these techniques are performed to a standard that ensures no damage is done to the grave markers.
  3. Flower Arrangements: Gravesite adornment plays a significant role in helping us honor those who have passed away. Flower arrangement services install seasonally appropriate flowers on gravesites. Proper placement is important to give a professional appearance for an aesthetically appealing tribute. Major holidays, religious observances, and personally significant day are perfect occasions for floral placement.

Of course, there are many other services provided by grave care professionals. We outline many of these services within the pages of the Grave Care Business package. Not only do we discuss these services, but we also show how to provide the services and give guidance in how much money you should charge for the services you provide.

Why Do Families Hire Grave Care Businesses?

  1. Professionalism: Grave care business owners possess a professionalism in their activities. Local ordinances are followed and the policies of each cemetery are followed. Families look to grave care professionals for their expertise.
  2. Time and Money Savings: Grave care professionals are in cemeteries everyday with the tools necessary to perform the work. Instead of families gathering all the supplies and driving over to the cemetery for a work day, they can simply hire a Grave Care Business to provide the desired services, whether it is plot maintenance, gravestone cleaning, floral decorations, or any of the other services offered.
  3. Inability to do the Work Themselves: Often, elderly spouses would love to visit the cemetery weekly to do small maintenance jobs. However as people age, they are physically unable to do the detail work. They are much happier paying someone else to do it. Adult children simply do not have time because their lives are so busy, or they have moved away from home.

Start A Professional Grave Care Business

As a provider of grave care services, you will provide vital services in helping families maintain the dignity of their departed loved ones within their cemeteries. Grieving families will entrust the care of their loved-ones’ gravesites to you, and they will be confident the proper care is in capable hands.

Have you ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business? We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business course designed to help you start and operate your own Grave Care Business.

We are passionate about the proper upkeep of our nation’s cemeteries. We are also passionate about entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. If you love cemeteries and want help starting your business, please read through our main website to learn about the Grave Care Business Package. We keep the price affordable so you can spend your money on other aspects of your business.

You can order the grave care business material directly through the website. We will make sure to ship it to you promptly. Of course, if you have any questions, please let us know through our Contact Form.

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Beautiful Cemetery Density Map – Macomb County, Michigan

Maps of cemeteries are incredibly useful as they serve several purposes. The maps included in this article show geographic location and density data of individual cemeteries.

Recently, I produced a video showing a map of the cemeteries within my home state of Tennessee. The purpose of that cemetery density map is to give you an idea just how many cemeteries are out there, and to show you the possibilities you have when starting your own Grave Care Business.

Cemetery Maps Are Important

Maps of cemeteries are incredibly useful as they serve several purposes. The maps included in this article show geographic location and density data of individual cemeteries. Cemetery maps can also display locations of individual gravesites within a cemetery. This helps visitors find the gravesites of their loved-ones.

I am currently back at school learning how to make technical maps. Maps are tools that can be used to display so much more than simple location data. Maps of cemeteries are valuable tools that facilitate navigation, spatial understanding, decision making, analysis, emergency response, historical documentation, and education.

Macomb, Michigan

One of my subscribers asked for a map showing the cemeteries within their home county of Macomb, Michigan.

A little bit of research on Macomb, Michigan shows this county is located in Eastern Michigan. If you think of Michigan as being shaped like a mitten, Macomb is located at the eastern base of the thumb, below the lower knuckle, on Lake St. Claire.

Macomb County has a population of almost 900,000 people and it is considered part of the Detroit Metro area though Detroit proper is not within the county. 

The maps below were produced with ArcGIS Pro using an original dataset of 171,000 cemeteries across the entire United States. ArcGIS is professional mapping software. No dataset is completely comprehensive and some cemeteries might not be included in this map. However, with 171,000 cemeteries listed, my confidence is high that most established cemeteries are included.

Cemetery Maps

The first map shows location data for cemeteries across all 48 states. Alaska is partial shown as is Puerto Rico. At this scale, much of the data is difficult to decipher. However, this does give you a good indication of just how many cemeteries are in existence.

Cemetery Coverage map of the 48 Contiguous U.S. States. This map shows the locations of 171,000 cemeteries.


Within the state of Michigan, there are 3457 cemeteries.

Cemeteries of Michigan showing 3457 cemeteries.

Once all the cemeteries in Michigan were found, Macomb County was isolated. 68 cemeteries were found within Macomb County’s borders. (Note: Though I did my best to include all the cemeteries within Macomb, a few might have been missed due to improper historical record keeping.)

Map of Cemeteries of Macomb Michigan

Generally, I consider that someone starting their own Grave Care Business needs about 3 or 4 cemeteries to begin building a strong client list. With there being 68 cemeteries in Macomb County and 3457 within Michigan, there are LOADS of opportunities for anyone wanting to start their own Grave Care Business. Realistically, competition is not going to be much of a factor even if other companies are offering these services.

Cemetery Distribution: Macomb Michigan

Heat Maps are useful in determining the distribution of cemeteries across a wide area. This heat map shows the location of greatest density of cemeteries within the county. As you probably would suspect, there are a lot of cemeteries located in the southern portion of the county near where the highest population of residents live due to Detroit being nearby.  Other than the cemeteries defined by the concentration of population controlled by the greater Detroit area, cemeteries are quite evenly distributed across the entire county.

Cemetery Heat Map: Macomb County Michigan

Do you love cemeteries and have you ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business?  I am passionate about the proper upkeep of Cemeteries and I am also passionate about Entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. 

Grave Care and Cemetery Density

If you have ever thought about starting a Grave Care Business, please look through our website.  We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Course designed to help you Start Your Own Grave Care Business.

I want to say “thank you” to my subscriber in Macomb County Michigan who asked me to make a map of the cemeteries in their home county. 

If you would like a map of the cemeteries where you live, please subscribe and leave a comment with your home state and county and I will make a map for you, too.

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Once again, my name is Keith. If you want to learn more about the Grave Care Business course,  the website address is: www.GraveCareBusiness.com

About Me (Keith): I am passionate about cemeteries and the proper upkeep of our nation’s burial grounds. For more than 20 years, I have fought for our cemeteries to be well-maintained hallowed grounds. There are too many neglected cemeteries that fall into disrepair. Neglected cemeteries are at risk of being vandalized. I am also passionate about entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in their own lives by starting their own businesses.

In August, I returned to school to learn the science of Cartography (Map Making). My goal is to advance my understanding of cemeteries by becoming a professional cartographer making beautiful maps of cemeteries.

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Gravestone and Cemetery Beautification: Remarkable Traditions of Grave Care

For as long as humans have been walking the face of the earth, we have paid special tribute to our loved ones who have passed through life before us. Cemeteries, purposeful burial locations, and inscriptions that mark the proximity of gravesites date back to our very earliest ancestors.

For as long as humans have been walking the face of the earth, we have paid special tribute to our loved ones who have passed through life before us. Cemeteries, purposeful burial locations, and inscriptions that mark the proximity of gravesites date back to our very earliest ancestors.

In this article, we will explore the historical importance of properly maintaining your loved-ones’ gravesites. Providing plot maintenance is a niche business model that will allow you to make money with your very own Grave Care Business. If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, read through our website to learn about our Grave Care Business Course.

Cemeteries: A Long Human History

Throughout history, we humans have sought ways to honor and remember our departed loved ones. The significant and timeless practices of visitation and maintenance of gravesites provides solace to the bereaved. They also serve as powerful connections to our past, preserving the legacy of those who came before us. As adults, we often care for our parents and other family members’ gravesites. However, since many family members move away from their hometowns, they are not always nearby to pay regular visits to family cemetery plots. Likewise, as we all live busy lives and as family members age and can no longer care for the gravesites, many people are willing to pay money so someone else can provide these services.

Preserving Historical and Cultural Heritage

Gravesites hold great historical and cultural value, serving as tangible links to the past. Cemeteries, with their diverse range of tombstones, epitaphs, and architectural mausoleums, provide valuable insights into the customs, beliefs, and artistic expressions of bygone eras. Through grave plot maintenance, floral decorations, and gravestone cleaning, we help ensure the preservation of our heritage, allowing future generations to gain a deeper understanding of their ancestral roots and the rich tapestry of human history.

Honoring Personal Connections

Visiting the final resting place of a loved one can be a deeply personal and meaningful experience. It provides an opportunity for individuals to pay tribute, reflect on cherished memories, and seek solace. The act of honoring graves fosters a sense of closure and serves as a tangible expression of love, respect, and remembrance. It allows individuals to maintain an enduring connection with those who have passed away, finding comfort in the knowledge that their legacy lives on. Providing grave care services such as plot maintenance, gravestone cleaning, and floral decorations further strengthens the family bond.

Grave Care is represented in this photograph of a well manicured gravesite and a cleaned gravestone.
Grave Care Photographs

Family History and Genealogy

Proper maintenance of gravesites also plays a crucial role in genealogical research and the exploration of family history. Cemeteries act as repositories of vital information, including birth and death dates, family connections, and even unique family symbols or motifs. These details can offer valuable insights into one’s ancestry, enabling individuals to piece together their family tree and forge a deeper understanding of their familial roots. By paying homage to graves, individuals can connect with their ancestors, fostering a sense of identity, and strengthening familial bonds.

Fostering Community and Commemoration

Maintaining graves is not just a personal endeavor; it is also a communal one. Many communities hold annual events, such as memorial services or cemetery clean-up days, where individuals come together to honor the graves of local heroes, veterans, or notable figures. Until 1971, “Decoration Day had been, for more than a century, the ritual of visiting cemeteries, memorials and gravesites. It was an annual act of remembrance, clearing away the dirt and grime from those hallowed markers.” Decoration Day gradually turned into Memorial Day and, unfortunately, many of the traditions of an annual cemetery cleanup day, were lost.

Buildings such at the one in this photograph are used by families participating in Decoration Day festivities of Grave Care and Cemetery cleanup. Unfortunately, decoration day maintenance is not as popular as in years past. Cemeteries and individual gravesites still need maintenance. This increases the demand for Grave Care Services.
Decoration Day meals were often served in Cemetery Buildings.

Environmentally Responsible Grave Care

Our Grave Care Business Course promotes environmentally responsible methods of plot maintenance and grave care services. These eco-friendly practices preserve biodiversity, promote the growth of native plants, and conserve natural resources while also following community guidelines and the regulations set by your local cemetery management. By honoring graves with responsible stewardship, we actively participate in the protection and preservation of our planet, ensuring a greener legacy for generations to come.

Conclusion

Gravesite maintenance is a timeless tradition that carries profound significance in our lives. It serves as a bridge between the past and present, preserving historical heritage, strengthening family connections, fostering community bonds, and promoting environmental sustainability. By actively engaging in the act of grave care, we not only pay tribute to our loved ones but also contribute to the collective preservation of our shared human history. It is through these meaningful gestures that we ensure the enduring legacies of those who came before us and provide solace and inspiration for future generations.

Grave Care Business

If you love cemeteries and believe they should be places of honor and respect, then a Grave Care Business might be perfect for you. Our company has developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Course designed to help you start your own Grave Care Business.

Learn more by reading our main website. You can order the course through the link below and we will ship this to you promptly via USPS Priority Mail. Normal deliver time is about 3 business days.

We are passionate about cemeteries and always happy to answer questions through our Contact Form.

Order the Grave Care Business Course here!

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Wonderful Snakes: Beneficial Species In A Cemetery

As a Grave Care Professional, you have a wonderful opportunity to educate your community about the natural visitors to your local cemeteries. Songbirds and deer will be included, but snakes should also be included as a beneficial species that visitors might encounter during visits to the cemetery.

Cemeteries are places where we visit to pay respects for our departed and loved family members, our friends, our acquaintances, and our ancestors. Cemeteries allow us quiet solitude to reminisce about the fun times we had, the loves, the friendships, the past relationships. We remember, laugh and cry, and simply stand alone with our thoughts while also being together with the people we are there to visit. 
 
Even if we visit a cemetery by ourselves, we are never truly and completely alone. For most cemeteries, within the rows of gravestones and the shrubbery of their memorial gardens, they harbor environments conducive to chirping birds and playing squirrels and other manner of wildlife rustling in the fallen leaves. Within cemeteries, we see deer and bobcat, groundhog and turtle, hawk and turkey. If you are quiet and just simply watch, you will see a multitude of wildlife in the cemeteries you visit.  

Cemeteries: Habitats for Wildlife

Cemeteries span a wide range of manicures. From perfectly groomed Memorial Gardens to natural and wild undermaintained cemeteries, each and every cemetery you visit will provide a slightly different natural landscape, and thus will present varieties of natural visitors. 

In addition to the above-mentioned wildlife guests, there are also slithery visitors to cemeteries that might take you aback when you encounter them. Snakes are part of the natural world, and snakes sometimes find cemetery habitats conducive environments within which to live. 

Snakes Are Not “Out To Get You”

So, what should we do when we encounter a snake in a cemetery? 
 
Contrary to popular belief, snakes are not “out to get you.” According to the Humane Society, “all outdoor encounters with nonvenomous snakes should be resolved by letting the animal go its own way, most likely to never be seen again.” – https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-snakes  

Encounters with venomous snakes should be taken seriously, but still should not result in harm to the snake. Quite simply, according to the National Park Service, if you leave the snake alone, you won’t be bothered. “Do not place your hands and feet where you cannot see and if you see a snake, do not provoke it or try to pick it up; just avoid it.” https://www.nps.gov/gari/planyourvisit/snakes.htm  

A Beneficial Species

Snakes are Ecologically Beneficial. Snakes complete an important task by helping us maintain a balanced ecosystem. Snakes are predators of rodents, insects, and other small animals that are considered pests when their populations grow uncontrolled. Whether in a busy city cemetery or a remote rural graveyard, snakes work around-the-clock to provide natural pest control to help abate overpopulation of rodents and other nuisance animals. 
 
Depending on the region of the United States where you are located, prevalent snakes in your area might include such non-venomous varieties as: garter snakes, rat snakes, and king snakes. Some environments may also include: water snakes, corn snakes, and racers. One of the funnest variety of snakes to encounter is the Eastern Hognose Snake which is humorously known as a “Drama Noodle” due to its dramatic overreaction to human encounters. Venomous varieties might include: copperheads, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and coral snakes.

The Center for Disease Control recommends:
– to not touch or handle any snake
– stay away from tall grass and piles of leaves when possible
– avoid climbing on rocks or piles of wood where a snake may be hiding
– be aware that snakes tend to be most active at dawn and dusk and in warm weather
-wear boots and long pants when working outdoors (even denim jeans may prevent some, although not all, bites by smaller snakes)
– and wear leather gloves when handling brush and debris. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/recommendations.html

While the presence of venomous snakes may cause concern, it is essential to note that these creatures typically prefer to avoid human interaction and pose minimal threat when left undisturbed. 

Proper Cemetery Maintenance

We believe proper maintenance and upkeep in your local cemetery can help diminish problematic snake populations especially within under-maintained and neglected cemeteries. Keeping the grass trimmed and cleared of debris minimizes hiding spots. This reduces the opportunities for human-snake encounters. Education is also important to help visitors know the difference between venomous and non-venomous species.  

Promoting public awareness of snakes as a beneficial species helps reduce concerns or anxieties associated with their presence in cemeteries. Along with local wildlife educators and environmental organizations, you can help educate the public about snake identification, their behavior, and their importance to the local ecology. 

Your Role As A Grave Care Professional

As a Grave Care Professional, you are in a unique position to educate yourself about the snakes that live in your area which might be found in your local cemeteries. Not only that, but it will also benefit your Grave Care Business to describe how your cleanup efforts (including proper grounds and plot maintenance) within your cemeteries can help reduce the possibilities of human-snake interactions. This is good advertising for your Grave Care Business. 

Instead of being frightened or leery of the natural wildlife living in your local cemeteries, you can become an educated resource to help your community understand the importance of ecological diversity, but you can also use your knowledge to help make your cemeteries beautiful and safe places for the public to visit.

Your Own Grave Care Business

We believe strongly in proper maintenance of cemeteries. Have you ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business? Our company has developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Course designed to help you Start and Operate your own Grave Care Business.

To learn more about the business course, read through our main website. Order the material through our Grave Care Course – Ordering Page, and we will ship that to you promptly via USPS Priority Mail. Normal delivery time is about 3 to 4 business days.

If you have any questions, please let us know through the Contact Page.

Have a great summer!
Keith
https://GraveCareBusiness.com

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Cemetery Maps – Powerful Map of Cemetery Density?

Some of the questions we are often asked involve the number of cemeteries available and how large of a service area should be served by a new Grave Care Business.

One of my skill-sets is that I make maps as a profession. I took a few minutes last weekend to make two maps to illustrate that there are PLENTY of Cemeteries. 

How Many Cemeteries?

This first map is a composite of all the cemeteries within my home state of Tennessee. Each dot represents a cemetery. There are about 12,000 or more cemeteries within the state of Tennessee alone. These cemeteries range in size from small family plots to large memorial garden style cemeteries. Each and every cemetery has its own characteristics. Some of these cemeteries are completely neglected and overgrown. You can get paid to clean up and rehab these cemeteries. Other cemeteries are large managed care cemeteries. But even with managed care cemeteries, you can still make great money offering services that the cemetery management company does not provide. We will show you how.

A Cemetery Map of Tennessee

Cemetery Map of Tennessee Cemeteries
Tennessee Cemetery Map

The second map I want to show you is of Hamilton County, Tennessee. This is the county where Chattanooga is located. Within Hamilton County, there are at least 161 cemeteries. Think about that for a moment, 161 Cemeteries within 1 county.

Cemeteries within Hamilton County, Tennessee
Cemeteries of Hamilton County

How many cemeteries are located within your county? This illustrates that there are plenty of cemeteries and you can start your Grave Care Business with a small service area.

I would like you to think about how much opportunity there is for you to start your own Grave Care Business. 

A Cemetery Map for Your County

I love making maps like this to show you the power of starting your own business. If you would like me to make a map of the cemeteries in your county, send me a message with your home state and county and I will make a map for you.

My name is Keith. I am passionate about cemeteries. If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, read through our website: https://GraveCareBusiness.com

Grave Care Business Course

The full business course is only $259.95

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Grave Care – Believe In Yourself

Grave Care will be one of your life’s most rewarding experiences. We are raising the standard of care for all cemeteries.

Have you ever thought about changing your life? Have you ever thought about reaching for something that will make a rewarding, significant difference in your life; a significant difference not only for yourself but a significant difference for others, too? 

We recently received an email from a lady who wants to start her own Grave Care Business. In the email, she said she has thought about this for several years. She comes back to our website occasionally and thinks about ordering the Grave Care Business Course. 

In the email, she mentioned the fears holding her back. 

Self-Doubts?

Of course she has self-doubts!

We all have self-doubts when we are starting something new, especially when starting a new business. But more than that, she also has people around her who are un-supportive, not encouraging. 

Do negative voices prevent you from achieving greatness?

Does this sound familiar to you? Do you feel like you want to make a change in your life but your own fears, or the attitudes of those around you, are preventing you from achieving something rewarding in your life?  

Very few opportunities in life are granted to you. You must act, and we are here to help. 

Grave Care – A Rewarding Business

Are you looking for help starting your business? You have come to the right place. We are real people, and we are passionate about Cemeteries. By helping entrepreneurs start their own grave care businesses, we are raising the standard of care for all cemeteries.

You need help, especially in the early stages of your business. Don’t try to do this alone. Grave Care will be one of your life’s most rewarding experiences. This business is so much more than just making money.

Please read thought our website. We are always happy to answer your questions. 

Order directly though the “Order Here” page. Your parcel will be shipped promptly. 

You can do this! 

https://GraveCareBusiness.com

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Neglected Cemeteries – Mowing Graves for Money!

Plot Maintenance and Grass Cutting services will greatly increase your profitability and allow you to make much more money in your Grave Care Business.

Whether you are mowing single plots with a push lawn mower or maintaining an entire cemetery using heavy-duty equipment, grave care is a rewarding and profitable business.

Grass and greenery grow with abandon now we’re into the summer months.  By operating your own business, you are able to choose which services you provide to your clients.  Plot Maintenance and Grass Cutting services will greatly increase your profitability and allow you to make much more money in your Grave Care Business.

High on your list of recommended services, plot maintenance and grass cutting will allow you to make a lot more money during the summer months, and will also help you attract more clients for your other grave care services.  

We see this every year even in the most finely maintained cemeteries; ground crews are simply unable to keep up with the growth of grass and other greenery.  Family members who want to visit their loved-ones’ gravesites for Father’s Day, July 4th, and other summer holidays are often met with high growth and unattractive gravesites.   

Quite simply, landscaping crews cannot keep up.

Overgrown Cemetery

The overgrowth problem is even worse in smaller cemeteries maintained by volunteer caretakers and in cemeteries that are neglected.  The need for proper plot maintenance goes far beyond beautification.  It is important to manicure grass within a cemetery for aesthetic beauty but it also enhanses the experience of family members visiting their loved-ones grave. 

No one wants to be forced to walk through tall grass to visit the cemetery.  Long grass obscures gravestones making them difficult to read and it overwhelms grave flowers placed by the family.  Tall grass harbors ticks and increases the potential for snakes and rodents.  Families should not be forced to deal with the unattractiveness and potential problems of a neglected gravesite.

It is a great opportunity to start a business.  Family members (adult children and spouses) want proper maintenance for their loved-ones’ grave.  It is important to them and they are willing to spend good money for proper maintenance.  The business can be larger than individual gravesites.  Entire cemeteries need to be maintained.  City Counsels and Cemetery Boards will sublet contracts.  For you to turn this into a business, you need to know the finer details of cemetery maintenance and how to price your services.

Your Own Grave Care Business

Have you ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business?  We have developed a course designed to help you start and operate your own business.  Plot Maintenance is only one of the services to offer your clients.

We teach you: 
– How to get clients: Individual Grave Plot and Contracts for Entire Cemetery Maintenance

– The correct equipment to purchase: Small Push Mowers to Wide-Area Mowing Machines we teach you the best equipment to get.
 
– Proper protocols to follow: Grave Plot Maintenance is different from residential mowing.
 
– How to interact with Cemetery Management: don’t neglect these tips. 

– Pricing: The course includes Estimating Software to help you calculate prices so you can make more money.

– The correct equipment to purchase: Small Push Mowers to Wide-Area Mowing Machines, we teach you the best equipment to buy.
 
– Proper protocols to follow: Grave Plot Maintenance is different from residential mowing. There are rules you need to follow.
 
– How to interact with Cemetery Management: don’t neglect these tips. 

– Pricing: The course includes Estimating Software to help you calculate prices so you can make more money.

The entire Grave Care Business Course is only $259.95.  Learn more about the course on our “Course Description” page.

We ship promptly and if you have any questions, please let us know.  We are passionate about cemeteries and always happy to answer your questions.

Spring 2024 – Essential Business Duties for Cemetery and Grave Care

Springtime grave care in our cemeteries is essential for maintaining the dignity, respect, and beauty of our family’s final resting places.

As a grave care business operator, springtime is a crucial period for our services for several reasons:

  1. Acquiring New Clients: Springtime is the perfect time to ramp up your marketing and advertising efforts. We strongly suggest an effective marketing strategy this time of year. Your clients will be glad to have their family’s grave sites cleaned up, and will be willing to allow you to take care of their family plots all summer long.
  2. Natural Growth: With the arrival of spring, vegetation begins to grow vigorously. Grass, weeds, and other plants can quickly overtake grave sites if left unattended. Regular maintenance during springtime helps prevent overgrowth, keeping the area neat and tidy.
  3. Memorial Occasions: Springtime often marks significant memorial occasions, such as anniversaries of passing or special holidays like Memorial Day. Families may gather at grave sites to honor and remember their loved ones. Providing well-maintained surroundings enhances the experience and contributes to the peaceful atmosphere of remembrance.
  4. Preparation for Summer: Spring serves as a preparation period for the warmer months ahead. Establishing a routine maintenance schedule early in the season ensures that grave sites are in optimal condition for the increased visitation that typically occurs during the summer months.
  5. Prevention of Damage: Winter weather, including freezing temperatures and snowfall, can cause damage to grave markers, monuments, and surrounding landscaping. Springtime offers an opportunity to assess and address any damage that may have occurred, preserving the integrity of the gravesite and its features.

Overall, springtime grave care is essential for maintaining the dignity, respect, and beauty of final resting places, ensuring they provide a comforting and peaceful environment for families to remember and honor their loved ones.

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Halloween Grave Decorations – Timely Removal Instills Trust In your Clients

Prompt removal of Halloween Grave Decorations shows professionalism and instills trust for your Grave Care Clients.

If you have purchased the Grave Care Business Course through our website, you already know how much money you can make providing specialized grave decorations for your clients.

Halloween is one such occasion (we call it a ‘holiday’). Your clients will pay you money for themed decorations on their loved-one’s gravestones. For decades, Halloween Grave Decorations have been deemed “ghoulish” by many cemetery management companies, but acceptance is changing.

Halloween Grave Decorations are Popular

The practice of placing a Halloween-Themed grave decoration has become acceptable. Yes, Halloween has always been popular with kids. Trick or Treating for candy is a long held tradition dating back to the 17th Century. In the last couple decades, Halloween has transformed into a major holiday that is enjoyed by Adults as much as it is by kids. Those fun times we experienced as children don’t need to end just because we age.

Grave decoration standards change over time. Although Halloween Grave Decorations have always been seen in cemeteries, the practice has become more mainstream.

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Holidays have traditionally been associated with Grave Decorations. Christmas and Easter are the two most prominent religious holidays for Grave Flowers. However, many other holidays and events throughout the year are perfect times to provide grave decorations for your grave care clients. Halloween is a well-accepted addition to this list of holidays.

Prompt Removal of Halloween Grave Decorations

Halloween Grave Decorations are good money makers for your Grave Care Business. Equally as important as placement is the timely removal of these decorations. Your promptness in removal, will show your professionalism. Not only will your clients realize that you are professional in the schedule you keep, but Cemetery Management Companies and the caretakers will also realize your dedication to cemetery beautification.

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Fascinating Cemetery Heat Map of Henry County Graveyards

These Cemetery Maps were produced with ArcGIS Pro using an original dataset of 171,000 cemeteries across the entire United States. Spatial relationships can be learned by mapping cemeteries.

Did you see our video highlighting a map of the cemeteries within our home state of Tennessee? That video and the accompanying cemetery map shows more than 12,000 cemeteries within Tennessee. Grave Care Business owners need about 3 or 4 cemeteries to begin building a strong small business client list. With so many cemeteries dotting the landscape, there is great availability to quickly build a highly-profitable customer roster.

Strategic Cemetery Maps

Maps of cemeteries are incredibly useful. The cemetery maps we design are used to serve a variety of purposes. Some maps show the geographic location of individual cemeteries while other maps show the locations of individual gravesites within a cemetery. The maps included in this article show geographic location and density data of individual cemeteries in Henry County, Illinois.

Last August, I returned to college to learn the art of Cartography (Map Making). In my studies, I am learning how to make maps using remote sensing instruments such as satellite and drone imagery. I am also learning how to use Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetometry to make maps below ground level (sub-soil mapping). Maps are tools that can be used to display so much more than simple location data. Maps of cemeteries are valuable tools that facilitate navigation, spatial understanding, decision making, analysis, emergency response, historical documentation, and education.

Henry County, Illinois

One of my subscribers asked for a map showing the cemeteries within their home county of Henry County, Illinois.

A little bit of research on Henry County shows this county is located on the Western edge of Illinois adjacent to Davenport, IA. It is at a similar latitude as Chicago but is on the other side of the state a 2 1/2 hour drive away.

Henry County has a population of almost 50,000 people as of the latest census and has about 823 sq miles of land area. 

The maps below were produced with ArcGIS Pro using an original dataset of 171,000 cemeteries across the entire United States. ArcGIS is professional mapping software. With more than 171,000 cemeteries listed in this dataset, confidence is high that most established cemeteries are included. However, no dataset is 100% accurate so some cemeteries might have been missed.

Illinois State Cemetery Map

Geographic location data is shown for cemeteries across all 48 states on the first map. Alaska is partially shown and Puerto Rico is shown in its entirety. At this scale, the data does not reveal much information other than to give an indication just how many cemeteries there are. Of course the icons are not size-representative, but coverage over the entirety of the map is almost uninterrupted.

171,000 Cemeteries across the 48 United States.


Within the state of Illinois, there are 6766 cemeteries.

Once all the cemeteries in Illinois were found, Henry County was isolated. 61 cemeteries were found within Henry County’s borders. (Note: Though I did my best to include all the cemeteries within Henry County, a few might have been missed due to improper historical record keeping.)

cemeteries of henry county, illinois

Generally, I consider that someone starting their own Grave Care Business needs about 3 or 4 cemeteries to begin building a strong client list. With there being 61 cemeteries in Henry County and 6766 within Illinois, there are LOADS of opportunities for anyone wanting to start their own Grave Care Business.

Cemetery Distribution: Henry County, Illinois

Heat Maps are useful in determining the distribution of cemeteries across a wide area. This heat map shows the location of greatest density of cemeteries within the county. Henry County has approximately 50000 residents. With this population density, cemeteries are fairly evenly distributed, but you can see gaps in coverage.

cemetery heat map of henry county illinois

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Grave Care and Cemetery Density

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I want to say “thank you” to my subscriber in Henry County Illinois who asked for a map of the cemeteries in their home county. 

If you would like a map of the cemeteries where you live, please subscribe and leave a comment with your home state and county and I will make a map for you, too.

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Once again, my name is Keith. If you want to learn more about the Grave Care Business course,  the website address is: www.GraveCareBusiness.com

About Keith: Keith is passionate about cemeteries and the proper upkeep of our nation’s burial grounds. For more than 20 years, he has fought for our cemeteries to be well-maintained, hallowed grounds. Keith believes there are too many neglected cemeteries that fall into disrepair. Neglected cemeteries are at risk of being vandalized. Keith is also passionate to help entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in their own lives by starting their own businesses.

In August of last year, Keith returned to school to earn a degree in GIS (Map Making). His goal is to advance our understanding of spatial relationships within cemeteries.

The Beatles’ Song Eleanor Rigby and Loneliness in a Forgotten Cemetery

As a Grave Care Professional, what can we learn from the Beatles’ song Eleanor Rigby? With our help, people in cemeteries can be remembered and honored after death, even if they lived lonely lives.

This morning, as I was on my way to my local cemetery, the album “Revolver” by The Beatles popped up on my play list. Revolver, released in 1966, is heralded as a transition album for The Beatles as they developed into studio musicians versus the pop, rock and roll touring band of their early years.

The second song on the standard version of the album Revolver is Eleanor Rigby. The song Eleanor Rigby explores the life of a woman who has lived a lonely life and eventually dies alone.

Eleanor Rigby

Eleanor spends her days picking up rice after church weddings and waiting by her window for visitors which never come. In the end, at the end of everyday, she is alone and lonely. No one ever comes to visit her. To be fair to everyone who might know Eleanor, maybe she not only shuts herself in, but she shuts everyone else out. There is a line in the song that mentions she keeps her face in a jar. I think this line describes Eleanor as hiding her real self. Behind a face that she puts on before exiting her door, her real face is hidden to all who would try to get to know her.

Can we learn from Eleanor Rigby’s hiding of her real self? Allowing others to see our true selves (including our own flaws) is important to gaining a support structure of close friends.

The saddest line in the entire song is when Eleanor’s death is revealed. Not only did she die at the end, but her name was buried along with her body. At her funeral, nobody came…nobody cared. Honestly, I think about this line quite often when visiting cemeteries. Loneliness is one of the saddest human emotions I have ever experienced. Those times in life when we are lonely and feel that we have no one to lean on and feel like no one cares about us are some of the saddest times in life. Many of us need “alone time,” but alone time is vastly different than being lonely.

As someone who visits cemeteries and individual gravesites almost everyday, I constantly think about the people who die lonely. Having a sense of belonging is important to us. We all need to feel that we matter in life, and even in death.

How sad would it be to live a life where no one attended your funeral, where your body was buried along with your name?

Our Lives Make a Difference

At her funeral, as the dirt is replaced into her gravesite, we realize that no one came to Eleanor Rigby’s gravesite service except for the Church Vicar. Father McKenzie buried Eleanor. He gave a sermon, but no one was there to listen.

As people who love cemeteries, we can make a difference. The purpose for you, as a grave site business owner, is to maintain cemeteries and gravesites as places of honor and respect for those people who are buried there. Your clients will entrust you to maintain the dignity of their loved-ones’ final resting places. Not only are you there to make the gravesites look good, you are also there to make sure the people interred are remembered.

Do you love cemeteries? Do you enjoy visiting the placid, hallowed grounds of your local cemeteries? Are you astounded that some cemeteries are allowed to fall into neglect and disrepair. If you are, then a Grave Care Business is perfect for you.

Our company has developed a professionally produced business course designed to help you start (and operate) your own Grave Care Business. This course will teach you practically everything you need to know to help you get started with your own business.

We are passionate about cemeteries and cemetery upkeep. It is our desire to elevate the care and maintenance of our neglected and undermaintained cemeteries. We are also passionate about entrepreneurs and people who want to start their own businesses. If you have any questions, please let us know.

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Although I know she is a character in a song, I think back to Eleanor Rigby and I would love to be able to visit her cemetery, provide adequate grave care, and ensure she was not simply buried along with her name.

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Serenity and Tranquility in a Cemetery – Grave Care Business

Cemeteries are solemn and sacred spaces. Cemeteries hold a unique aura that can be both mysterious and comforting. I find serenity and tranquility within the calming atmosphere of a cemetery.

Cemeteries are solemn and sacred spaces. Cemeteries hold a unique aura that can be both mysterious and comforting. While it may seem paradoxical, I find serenity and tranquility within the calming atmosphere of a cemetery. Far from being morbid or eerie, these hallowed grounds offer a peaceful respite where I can reflect, find solace, and appreciate the beauty of our lives and the acceptance of our eventual death.

The ability to visit family members and friends who have passed on brings a profound sense of calm when we are missing our loved ones. The reflective ambiance that permeates cemeteries make them havens of tranquility and sources of contemplation. As a Grave Care Business owner, you have the opportunity to work in these surroundings on a daily basis while bringing comfort to your clients.

Cemetery: A Place for Reflection and Remembrance

Cemeteries provide a place for people to remember and honor their loved ones who have passed away. They serve as tangible reminders of the lives lived and the connections cherished. The very act of visiting a cemetery allows individuals to confront their own mortality while fostering a sense of introspection.

A Cemetery is a Refuge

The peaceful nature of cemeteries offers a refuge from their chaotic surroundings. Even in the most hustling and bustling city, cemeteries offer quiet sanctuary protected from the outside world. Within a cemetery’s perimeter fence, gentle breezes blow through the trees causing rustling of leaves. Birds chirp at they flit on the wind while squirrels dart across the landscape and clamor up the trunk of a tree as their claws grip the bark. A groundhog hops across the lawn before disappearing into its secret lair. A rangale of deer graze on the edge of the woods. The sun slowly dips to the horizon effecting a golden hour glow among the gravestones.

These sights and sounds of nature allow me to slow down, breathe deeply, and find a calming inner peace.

In addition to these glorious surroundings, a beautifully manicured cemetery and a professionally maintained gravesite allows family members the completeness of a reflective visit to connect with their loved-ones.

Professionally Maintained Gravesites

If you love cemeteries and have visited many in your area, you have likely seen many classifications of cemeteries. There are the managed-care cemeteries with grass lawns that are mowed by crews during the summer. There are the smaller community cemeteries maintained by volunteers in the community. There are the churchyards with a caretaker who does his best to mow the grass without damaging the gravestones. There are the abandoned cemeteries that become overgrown. There are also the cemeteries that fall victim to neglect and vandalism.

The common factor of all these cemeteries is that people have family members and loved-ones buried in these cemeteries. Family members desire the best for their loved-ones and will pay money for upkeep and proper grave plot maintenance. Even in managed-care cemeteries where crews cut the grass on a weekly basis, families will pay money to Grave Care Business Owners to provide additional Grave Care Services.

Cemeteries Offer Reconnection

Cemeteries allow visitors a space for deep contemplation and spiritual introspection of those who have passed away before us. Families desire solace to explore their thoughts, reflect on their loved-ones’ lives, and contemplate bigger questions of reality and existence. They do not wish to be bothered with overgrown grave plots or dirty and unreadable gravestones. When they are not able to visit, families want to know the grave plots are professionally maintained and gravestones are properly adorned with appropriate grave floral decorations.

Grave Care Business – Grave Beautification

Some people think of cemeteries as places of darkness and despair, but I don’t think of them that way at all. Instead, I think of cemeteries as sanctuaries of peace and solitude. Amidst the graves and the gravestones, visitors develop a profound appreciation for life. I find cemeteries inspiring because they help family members reconnect with those who have already passed on. Grave care business owners foster those connections by providing beautifully manicured cemeteries and professionally maintained gravesites.

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We are passionate about cemeteries and we are also passionate about entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. We have done much of the legwork for you. This course will help you jumpstart your business quicker so you can focus on running your own successful Grave Care Business.

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Grave Care Maintenance: Artistry of a Successful Niche Business

If you love cemeteries, starting a small grave care business might be the perfect opportunity for you to earn money doing something you love, and something that will truly be rewarding for yourself and for your community.

In today’s hypercompetitive business landscape, entrepreneurs constantly seek innovative ways to stand out and succeed in their small businesses. One increasingly popular approach is starting a niche business. By targeting a specialized market segment, entrepreneurs can tap into untapped potential, build a loyal customer base, and differentiate themselves from competition which might be present in their area of expertise.

If you love cemeteries and are comfortable working around gravesites, starting a small, niche grave care business might be the perfect opportunity for you to earn extra money doing something you love, and something that will truly be rewarding for yourself and for your community.

Your Passion and Expertise

The first step in starting a niche business is to identify your passion and expertise. A niche business should be built around something you genuinely care about, as this will sustain your enthusiasm and drive. If you enjoy visiting cemeteries, a Grave Care Business might be the perfect niche business for you to start.

Market Research Before Starting a Niche Business

We believe Grave Care is a niche business with huge untapped potential. Most locations are completely untapped by anyone providing Grave Care Services. In fact, most people don’t know these types of services exist. Look at the cemeteries in your area. You will find the managed-care cemeteries with neatly cut grass, but you will also find a multitude of smaller cemeteries that are either under-maintained or completely neglected.

Even within the managed-care cemeteries, workers often are haphazard in their working styles and do not provide the detailed services that you can offer with your own personalized grave care business. Through our Grave Care Business course, we will help you understand the market dynamics of this unique, niche business model.

Building a Loyal Customer Base

Grave Care is a sensitive business. Let’s face it, your clients are entrusting you to perform services for their most-beloved family members. Whether you are hired to perform grave plot maintenance, gravestones cleaning, grave floral decoration change-outs, whole cemetery upkeep, or any of the other services offered, you owe it to your clients to perform the services with the same tenderness that you would treat your own loved-ones. Our Grave Care Business Course includes a special instructional section on marketing and advertising necessary for this special type of business. Our goal is to help you build a loyal customer base. According to Zendesk, a loyal customer base will hire you on a continual basis, giving you income for years to come.

Start Small and Scale Up Wisely

We believe in taking a conservative approach as you first begin your business. Your approach might be more aggressive than ours, but our method is to start small and grow rapidly instead of trying to do everything all at once in the very beginning. This doesn’t mean it will take forever to get your business off the ground. Reasonably, within 30 days of first beginning, you should already be well on your way to establishing a very profitable client base.

An Entrepreneurial Journey

Starting your own Grave Care Business can be a rewarding and fulfilling entrepreneurial journey. By focusing on this specialized market segment and providing tailored solutions for people who desire for their loved-ones’ gravesites to be well maintained, you will be providing a valuable service for the cemeteries in your community. Our goal is to help you make this a success. We are passionate about cemeteries, but we are also passionate about entrepreneurs who want to differentiate themselves, attract a loyal customer base, and achieve sustainable success in their own Grave Care Business.


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By offering this course, we hope to help you reach your goals in your own niche business. We also hope to elevate the maintenance standards in cemeteries across the United States.

If you are interested in starting your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website, including our Course Overview page to see what we offer. You can order the course directly through the link below. We will ship it to you promptly via USPS Priority Mail.

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