Does Halbert Speak from the Grave?

Go to this page http://www.stem120.com/Signals-Ray-K...sp?AFFID=14220 and listen to the audio visual presentation. Do NOT buy this product. It's an affiliate link because the non-affiliate page does Not have the audio/video on it.

Unless I am mistaken, the guy doing the voice over is Gary Halbert. Sounds just like him. Eerie.

Michael Ross

Michael,

You just Never know...

Afterall Gary's sons Bond and Kevin are keeping and extending Gary’s famous, free and truly remarkable copywriting up and running along with a few other possible future projects that we just might be hearing about from Gary, depending! (some of us do come back from the dead in one forum or another! So you never know... Maybe another Elvis!) or his sons and a few other's on the huge list of Gary’s friends...
http://business-powerpack.com/gary-h...yond-the-grave

On another related note... All kinds of interesting and intriguing ideas in that Thing called the Death niche...

If there's a will... There's got to be a way to continue collecting those Lifetime and after Life sales and commissions...

As long as it's created in a polite and respectful manner...

The death industry is Definitely here to stay...

Of course once all the Taxes and endless legal issues are dealt with... Ideas... Ideas... Are always endless...
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26...ond-the-grave/

Phil

Endless keyword phrases and business ideas throughout the Never ending 24/7/365 media...

Once again... Always keep an Open mind and your Eyes on the Key points in every news story...

"You ought to see what some of them are going for on the internet, even for animals," Eggleston said of his research on casket prices...

John Gullickson, a licensed funeral planner and owner of Insurance Services of the Carolinas, said Eggleston has found a niche business which could prove to be popular, especially in a slow economy.

"I thought it was a great idea because one of the biggest costs of the funeral is the cost of the casket," Gullickson said. "You're looking at saving people two to five thousand dollars" off the cost of a basic casket offered by most funeral homes...

Local business offers kit to build your own casket
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/bre...ry/887815.html

All kinds of ways to Turn Casket Hotsheets into Multiple business ideas including some innovative Funeral related advertising concepts...

Extremely easy to Outsource, contract and/or Joint Venture on the Manufacturing side of things too!

Phil

Yes, the 'exposure' would be short-lived -- but there's also be a lot of buzz too -- yes?

You heard it here first!

-- TW (always thinkin')

Most of you folks here would not remember the "Recession of 1974". It was a minor recession and the country started to recover BUT..."da People" decided that a "Democrat Congress AND a Democrat Pres (Jimmy, the Peanut Farmer, Wonder) was voted in and the country fell apart (Reminds me of NOW) and "The Peanit Farmer has spent the rest of his life "conning" people into how "Great" he was (Noble Peace Prize, showed WHO the Judges are) however, this topic reminds me of something I helped a friend with when he lost his job as a "Concrete Contractor".

He came to me, because he knew I had started a Burglar Alarm Co from scratch (Securitronics Corp) and now had a VERY successful biz. He wanted to see if I knew of a way he could make some bucks.

So...knowing he was "Industrious"....I came up with an idea that litereally, "Saved His Life".....because when he and I talked, he was at his wits end...about to lose his house....and his wife (MOST women can't take the financial STRESS of "HAVING BILL COLLECTORS HOUNDING AND NO MONEY TO PAY THEM!")

I told him 3 FACTS;

1) He KNEW the "Concrete" biz
2) People DIE every day
3) Family of those who die would LIKE to "Honor" their loved ones who pass on. This is usually in the form of a "Nice Casket" a "Nice Funeral" AND... a "Nice Grave Marker"

Well....people like "me" who have trained our minds to "Look INTO, AROUND, UNDER, FRONT and BACK" of a "situation"....CAN...come up with a WAY or an IDEA!

So....after talking with my friend for about 1/2 hour...something popped into my Cranium;

"MAKE CONCRETE HEADSTONES!"

In a Recession...why should people have NO CHOICE other than the "Expensive Choice" of a Marble Headstone?

Why couldn't the Grave Marker be of CONCRETE?...which could be colored to look like Marble AND....be a fraction of the cost?

So....when I made a drawing of a Headstone on a napkin and slid it over to my friend....he almost LEAPED OUT OF HIS CHAIR!

He became (as my granddaughters say) UNGLUED....and jumped up and grabbed me and hugged me and said,...."Donny! That's IT! You just saved my life!"

Well....he still had a Lot of work to do. Designs, Forms, Samples, and...how to market them?

So...I had him make up a few samples....I took a few photos and made up a Presentation Folio and proceeded to take him around to some....Independent Funeral Homes.

We showed our sample photos...showed our prices and HOW MUCH the Funeral Home would make on each sale and WHALA....we got Agreements with MANY....and the guy got so busy making "Concrete Headstones' ha had to hire people and built his biz into a Million dollar operation....all from a Cockamamie Idea.

So...anyone here in the viewing audience want to work with Concrete?

Don Alm.....aging Idea Guy

Hi Don..... aging Idea Guy...

On that note I Hope you're Doing well and can Keep those Endless ideas, opportunities and possibilities Flowing...

Almost seems like a Cemetery around SowPubs from the Good ol' days!

And on the mention of So...anyone here in the viewing audience want to work with Concrete?

There's a Great ol' post/thread Lost somewhere Deep in the old SowPub archives about offering misc. Valet and Concierge Cemetery gravestone related cleaning services etc. etc...

It's Never too Late to start... Smartly run Service related Specialty businesses do Very well even in a Recession if there is really such a thing...

Remember... You Don't have to do the work yourself... Seriously consider Outsourcing, contracting and developing relationships and joint ventures...

Someone will Beat you to it If you Don't just Take the Bull by the Horns...
http://www.gravescape.com/dpage.aspx...InTheNews.ascx
http://www.aarp.org/family/lifeafter..._services.html

Some Quick link research on the overall subject... Multiple info products and Spins on the idea with a little Brainstorming and Creation...
http://www.ctgravestones.com/Conservation/cleaning.htm
http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/h...tombstones.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2079058_clean-gravestone.html
http://www.cemeteryresearch.mississi...com/clean.html
http://boards.ancestry.ca/topics.cem.../mb.ashx?pnt=1

Phil

TW,

Please Clarify a little on Corporate sponsored CASKET WRAPS!

Are you Thinking of Flag related coverings that we see in some particular Funerals for the Military and other dignitaries etc...

You just Never know... What can Fly these Days if you don't give it a shot and test things!

Like Corporate sponsored Funerals for the Wealthy, rich and famous...
http://jalopnik.com/5309245/michael-...ealer/gallery/

In other words... High end Funerals...

A few other interesting details and resources for those that May be into Death related niches...
http://www.acecaskets.com/files/ACE_ICFM.pdf
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...6044892758.htm
http://www.funeralgurus.com/
http://www.connectingdirectors.com/
http://www.funeral-dir.com/

Or are you Actually referring to Corporate sponsored CASKET WRAPS! ... Once again SowPubs up there in Google...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...G=Search&meta=
http://www.funeralethics.org/SpringSummer06.pdf

Phil