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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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You can order the course through this link: Grave Care Business Course. We will ship the material to you promptly via USPS Priority Mail.

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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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.

Of course if you have any questions, please let us know though our Contact Form. We are passionate about all cemetery subjects and are always happy to help.

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You Owe It To Yourself – Start Your Own Business!

Challenge yourself and you will be surprised at the outcome.

Today is August 1, 2022. Summer is beginning to wind down.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, right now is one of the absolute best times to begin.

Thank you for visiting www.GraveCareBusiness.com If you are visiting our website, you are probably considering starting your own Grave Care Business. We are excited you are here. Our goal is to help you start your own Grave Care Business – properly, profitably, and respectfully.

Starting A Business is Scary.

We want to think starting your own business will be easy-breezy and won’t be scary at all. Realistically though, starting a small business can be intimidating and a little bit scary.

There is a lot to think about.

Forming your business, getting it off the ground, advertising, finding customers, pricing your services, collecting money, and eventually hiring employees and expanding.

We faced the same challenges when we first started our business. To be honest, we made a lot of mistakes in the early days. Over time, we learned from our mistakes.

How Do you Start?

A lot of people ask us how we got started and what are the secrets to success.

For this business, passion for cemeteries will be the key to your success. You need more than passion, though. To do it right, you will need a solid business plan and guidance to help you. That’s where we come in.

We have developed a professionally produced business course to help you start your own Grave Care Business. From the very beginnings all the way through expanding and hiring employees, we will teach you practically everything you need to know.

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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.

Gravestone Damage Caused By Lawn Mowers

information on how to avoid damaging gravestones when you are mowing cemetery grave plots.

Gravestone Damage Caused By Lawn Mowers

Spring is here and grass is growing in the cemetery. For the next several months, lawn mowing will be a much needed cemetery maintenance task. Proper mowing around gravestones takes greater care than a standard mowing job of a residential lawn. There are proper procedures to follow to avoid scoring gravemarkers, damaging flower urns, and scalping uneven ground over grave sites.

Lawn Mowing in a Cemetery

When I visit a cemetery and look at gravestones, my biggest pet peeve is seeing damaging work performed by careless workers.

One of the most notoriously damaging pieces of equipment in a cemetery is the riding lawn mower. Particularly, large Zero-Turn-Radius lawn mowers operated by neglectful lawn mower operators cause extensive damage. In cemeteries during lawn mowing season, lawn mower operators are often in a big hurry to finish their mowing jobs. They speed between headstones and zoom up & down rows of grave markers. Their rubber tires grind the ground and their large mowing decks scalp the earth. More damaging than what they do to the ground, however, is the damaging effect they have on gravestones.

Here are two examples of damage caused by lawn mowers. In both of these instances, gravestone material has been scraped away by mower decks. In the third picture, I have reason to believe the monument might have been toppled after being run into, repeatedly, by a neglectful lawn care operator.

If you plan to offer grass cutting in your grave care business, please make the effort to choose proper equipment. Also, operate that equipment properly to avoid damaging tombstones and the graves you are supposed to be manicuring.

Proper Cemetery Maintenance Procedures

Do you need some professional tips on how to properly operate a Grave Care Business? Our professionally produced Grave Care Business Training Course will help you start (and operate) your own successful grave care business. We even include excellent information on how to avoid damaging gravestones when you are mowing cemetery grave plots.

Learn more about it on our main webpage. You can order the course directly through our website and we will ship it to you promptly.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are passionate about cemeteries and are always happy to help.

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Winter Grave Care Tips for your Grave Care Business

WINTER IS A Good Time To Start Your Grave Care Business

A week ago, I was working in a local cemetery in shorts and a short sleeved shirt. Today, I’m hunkered down in a leaf-strewn cemetery wondering if we will have any warm days before spring arrives. Well, one thing that is an absolute certainty is springtime WILL eventually arrive. When it does arrive, there will be plenty of customers and lots of demand for your grave care business services. However, until then, we have a couple months of winter weather before us.

Southern states with warmish weather can operate Grave Care Business year-round. For everyone in the northern states (and Canada), winter does bring a challenge. Although it is a bit difficult operating a Grave Care Business during the depths of winter, there are a few saving graces that will carry you through and keep money rolling in. Christmas is in December. This month brings you many customers who want their loved-ones’ grave sites spruced up for the Christmas season. Pre-winter plot maintenance and Christmas Grave Decoration placement will keep you busy. December can be a prime earning month as there is a lot of income potential.

Grave Care Business Opportunities in December and January and February

January will probably be a bit slower for requests for grave care services. However, I normally think of the first month in the new year as a time to begin preparing contract agreements and price bids for new clients. The preparation work you do in January will pay HUGE dividends once spring rolls around. Current and new clients will appreciate your diligence during the winter months. Also, you should remember that Valentine’s Day is in February. Many, Many people want Valentine’s Grave Decorations placed on Valentine’s Day.

In addition to Christmas and Valentine’s day floral decorations placed on Gravestones, we’ve noticed grave blankets placement is once again gaining popularity. Additionally, gravestone Christmas present decoration is something many parents like to do for children who have passed away. I believe this is a real psychological comfort to parents who have lost a child. This act of giving allows them to share Christmas at a time of year when they are truly heartbroken.

As passionate as I am about cemeteries and as interested as I am in helping people operate their own Grave Care Businesses, I never lose site of the fact that grave care is an act of caring that families WANT to do for their loved-ones. Services such as plot maintenance, tombstone cleaning, and grave decoration help families deal with the loss. It helps them heal. It keeps them connected.

By providing grave care, you are truly helping people and they are grateful for the services you provide.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website. We have developed a professionally produced grave care business training course designed to help you start and operate your own grave care business.

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November 2017 – All Saints’ Day and a Busy Month for Grave Care

Have ever thought about starting your own grave care business? November is a perfect time to start.

October ended with Halloween. We hope everyone had a good time handing out treats to all the monsters and goblins. Is it just me or does it seem costumes have taken a turn away from the traditional scary themes? I’m seeing more “sultry nurse” and “Pimp n’ Ho” costumes. Oh well.

Although October is a month when the “spookiness” of cemeteries is on people’s minds, November is a month when Grave Care Business owners should begin focusing on building their client lists and making a lot of money for the winter months ahead.

In many, the first of November signifies the laying on of wreaths in conjunction with All Saints’ Day. I have just completed a cemetery research trip to Northern Spain. Laying on of wreaths is a very important ceremony there. I believe this ceremony is catching on and becoming popular in the United States.

It is true that some grave care activities slow down a bit for winter. However, we have found that there are several activities that will carry you through the winter months. By starting your grave care business right now, you will be able to begin building a strong client base.

There are a few services we like to focus on during November and December. Pre-winter plot maintenance, gravestone cleaning, and preparation for winter-time decorations should be tops on your list. Offer these to your prospective clients and you will be busy (and making money) for most of the winter months.

If you have ever thought about starting your own grave care business, November is a perfect month to get started and begin building your client list. In our Grave Care Business Course, we spend a lot of time teaching you how to properly build a strong client base. We also teach you how much money to charge for your services. The estimating software is a great tool to help you calculate your prices.

Description of the course can be found on our Grave Care Home Page.
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If you have any questions, please let us know. We are always happy to help.

Cemeteries, Forest Fires, & Tombstone Cleaning

Cemeteries suffer under a thick canopy of forest fire smoke. Tombstone cleaning needed in the coming months.

If you live anywhere near the southeast portion of the United States, you are probably aware of the current problem we are having with forest fires. These fires and the smoke they produce are having (and will continue to have) a lasting effect on cemeteries and tombstones. We predict an increased need for proper tombstone cleaning in the coming weeks and months.

The entire southeastern region of the United States has suffered through drought conditions for the entirety of this year. Because of this drought, the entire region is at increased risk of forest fires. The area in which I live is suffering through an unprecedented outbreak of wild fires. These fires are producing thick, choking smoke. Particulate matter in the atmosphere is at record levels. Visibility is near zero.

As the particulate matter in the sky settles, it will leave a film of sticky residue on all it touches. Tombstones and all grave markers will be affected by this residue. Grave care companies will likely see an increase in requests for tombstone cleaning. This is good for grave care business owners. The important aspect of this business is building a strong client base, doing the work properly, and charging the right amount of money so you can build a profitable company.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website. We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Course designed to help you start and operate your own successful grave care business.

You can order the course directly through this website and we will ship it out to you via Priority USPS.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Cemetery Grave Care – Autumn Grave Care Services

A Cemetery in Autumn.

I cannot think of anything better than to spend my days in a local cemetery. This is a beautiful time of year to be in your local cemetery. If you love the idea of working in your local cemeteries providing grave care services, graveside floral decorations, tombstone cleaning, and general gravesite plot maintenance then you should think about starting your own Grave Care Business.

We can help.

My name is Keith and my company has developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business training course. The course is designed to help you start (and grow) your own successful Grave Care Business. Please read over our main website for complete information on everything that is included with the course. If you have already read the description and are ready to order, click the “Buy Now” link below. We’ll ship the course to you promptly via rush Priority USPS.

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End of season Grave Care – Summer 2016

It’s August 2016 and I’ve just come in from another beautiful day in a cemetery.

This summer has been one of the hottest on record. Though daily temperatures are still very warm, we are beginning to experience hints of cooler weather. Soon, the evenings will be brisk and autumn colors will beautify all the trees in our local cemeteries.

Since the heat and humidity of July is difficult to take, I try to perform much of my work in the morning and late evening hours. Once August arrives, the humidity begins to decrease and working outside is much more bearable. And, of course, September and cooler weather is just around the corner.

The next several months are perfect for grave care services. This is the perfect time to perform plot maintenance. Old, ugly grasses and weeds can be removed and the ground can be prepared for new seed which will green-up and put down roots during early Autumn. Tombstone cleaning is also in demand from customers this time of year. After a dry, dusty summer, grave stones are in dire need of good wash downs with proper cleaning procedures. Harsh chemicals are not needed. In fact, harsh chemicals can damage tombstone material. Harsh scrubbing can cause further damage to already fractured or fragile grave markers. I always try to take a “do no damage” approach to tombstone cleaning.

In addition to grave plot maintenance and tombstone cleaning, summertime floral decorations should be changed as we transition into the cooler months. Old flower decorations become faded and tacky looking. I always think it’s a shame when I see old flowers on a grave site. Someone spent a lot of time and money to place flowers as an outpouring of respect and love. Flowers that were once beautiful eventually become worn and old and tacky. Autumn is a great time to replace old flowers with new decorations.

Each year, I think of Autumn as our reward for suffering through another hot summer. This is the time of year I, once again, love what I do. 🙂

If you’ve ever thought about the idea of operating your own Grave Care Business, I would like to invite you to read through our entire website. There is a lot of free information here to help you get started. However, if you are truly interested in learning how to start and operate your own successful Grave Care Business, we have developed the Grave Care Business Course. The material in this course is designed to take you from the initial concept of your idea all the way through performing the work correctly, building your client list, and growing your business to the point you might need to hire additional employees to keep up with the demand. You can keep it small or grow your business as large as you want.

We love cemeteries and are always happy to help you start your own Grave Care Business. If you have any questions about the course, please let us know. The rest of the website contains detailed information about everything that is included.

If you’re ready to order, the “Full Course” is on sale for $250 + S&H. I will leave a payment link below.

Have a great autumn!

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