Grave Site Maintenance Business Program, How-To Strategy Guidebooks, Estimating Calculators, and Video Tutorials.
Learn how to run your own Grave Site / Grave Care Business.
This site updated July 2010
The definitive guide on how to start and operate a successful Grave Care Business

Combine your love of cemeteries, tombstones, and helping people with a profitable business of your very own.

These Grave Care Business Guidebooks, Business Software, Estimating Calculators, and
Video Training Tutorials will help you start and operate a successful
Grave Care and Grave Site Maintenance Business.


    
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Hi, my name is Keith, you can reach me at 1-877-586-6639.
My team and I want to show you how to start and operate your own successful
Grave Site / Grave Care Business.

 

MY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Even as a young boy, I loved going to cemeteries.  The architecture of the tombstones and
mausoleums always intrigued me.  Years later, an elderly lady once paid me money to maintain the grass around her deceased husband's gravesite and take photographs because she couldn't visit the grave site as much as she wanted to...and a new business was born.

Since that time in 1992, the grave site maintenance business has grown to include:
plot maintenance, grounds maintenance, headstone decorating, photography, videography, record keeping, documentation, and cemetery site surveys (called cemetery demography).
 

Owning a Gravesite Business is a rewarding business.

Providing Gravesite maintenance is financially rewarding - you can make lots of money.
But it is also a lot of fun.  If you find it fun to decorate gravesites, provide minor plot maintenance, conduct grounds maintenance, or simply take photographs and videos, we will show you how you can turn your hobby into a full-time business.  Additionally, you are truly helping people who want to pay special care for their loved one's gravesite. 

Below are some of MY favorite aspects of owning a Gravesite Business.


DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT AND FORGOTTEN CEMETERIES
Cemetery Forensics  -  Cemetery CSI 

One of my favorite activities is finding and rehabbing old, forgotten cemeteries.
Old family plots are particularly interesting as they are FILLED with local history.


"Cemetery Forensics" is one of my favorite aspects of the Grave Care Business.
Here is a picture of me in 2009 discovering a cemetery on an abandoned piece of land. 
I could barely see the tombstones - very exciting.

WORLD TRAVEL - CEMETERIES AROUND THE WORLD

I get to travel, too.  In October 2009, I traveled to England and Wales to survey ancient cemeteries.  Many of these cemeteries are hundreds of years old and filled with interesting history and architecture.

 
An ancient Welsh cemetery (left) and an underground tunnel in a cemetery in Liverpool, England lined with
headstones (right).  I surveyed both these cemeteries in October 2009.

 

I know at this point you are asking:

"What, exactly, is a Grave Site Maintenance Business?"

There are many services you can offer with your own grave site business. 
My team has developed a business guidebook and instruction package that shows you how to start your business by offering one or all of these services.

In 1992 when the customer (mentioned above) asked me to care for her husband's grave, I had never heard of Grave Maintenance.  Word got around of my work and people started calling for estimates.  At the beginning, I only offered plot maintenance (mowing and trimming) but I quickly expanded into other areas:

Headstone and Plot Decoration for the deceased's birthday,
anniversaries, Christmas and other holidays.

Flower Placement on special days for the deceased.

Whole Cemetery Cleanup of old or neglected cemeteries.

Plot Maintenance to beautify family plots.

Photography and Videography services.

Research, Documentation, Placement, and Record Keeping services.

And many other services customers are willing to pay for.

My team and I have developed a guidebook and training package showing you how to provide these gravesite services in your business.  We also show you how much money to charge for these services.

READY TO GET STARTED?

I started slowly.
It took me years to learn and understand how to define services to offer,
develop pricing strategies, and work with customer and cemetery managements.

The training materials in this business package will get you started immediately.
You don't need to waste years of your life trying to learn this business through trial and error.
I've already done that for you. ;-)


The Complete Grave Site Business Package includes:
 
  A HUGE Series of Grave Care Business Guidebooks & Training Manuals - The guidebooks explain practically everything you could want to know about the grave site business. Here is a brief list of some of the information found within the guidebooks:

Starting Your Business - Learn about Business Startup and Correct Business Formation for your Grave Care Business.

Getting Licenses - Licensing and Permit Requirements

Developing Your Services - We show you a long list of services to offer your customers.  We also show you HOW-TO do the work and how much money you should charge your customers.  We cover an extensive range of services you can offer including: plot care, grounds maintenance, decoration, photography, message delivery & sitting, and many other services.

Tombstone Cleaning - Though there is much to learn about tombstone cleaning, our guidebook includes a terrific introductory course on how-to PROPERLY clean a tombstone.  (PUT DOWN THE BLEACH AND WIRE BRUSH - those are NOT proper cleaning methods)

Not only do we show you proper cleaning methods, we also show you how much to charge your customers for basic cleaning jobs.  Learning this information can dramatically increase your profit potential.

Customer Guidebook - For almost 20 years, we have learned that Grave Care customers are different than customers of any other business you can run.  We show you how to effectively educate your customers so they will be more apt to hire you to perform grave care work for their loved ones.  This guidebook works and it will increase the number of customers on your roster.  Think of it this way: just one customer gained for your business using this guidebook will pay for this entire course.

Pricing and Quote Estimation - Pricing is one of the hardest concepts to master for most new entrepreneurs.  We have spent two decades learning the art of job pricing.  In the program, we spend a great deal of effort showing you how to price your jobs effectively.  If you are losing money by not pricing your jobs correctly, this one manual will be worth the entire cost of the program.  Remember also, the ESTIMATING CALCULATORS are included in the program and they are a HUGE benefit to your business.

Dealing with Cemetery Management - Learn how to deal with cemetery management.  Following our tips will make this step MUCH easier.  Proper relations with cemetery management is VITAL to your business.

Expanding Your Business - We show you how to grow your business, gain more customers, offer more services, and make more money.

Hiring Employees - Hiring an employee is a big step.  If you hire at the wrong time or before you are ready, you might be making a huge mistake.  This guidebook helps you learn when it is the right time to hire employees.

Staying SANE in Your Business - Starting a new business can be difficult and frustrating.  Our entire business course shows you how to avoid the pitfalls of new business ownership.  We have already made almost every mistake you can imagine in our business.  We developed these guidebooks to help you avoid the mistakes we've already made.  There is no sense banging your head against a wall when we've already broken through the wall for you.

video training guides.  The video training guides teach you various aspects of the Grave Care Business.  You will learn much of what you need to know by simply watching these video courses.

advertising guidebook.  Grave care customers are different than customers of most businesses.  There are special ways to approach and secure them as clients.  This is a 'relationship' business and we'll show you the best ways to quickly get a roster full of repeat customers.

estimating tutorials.  Estimating prices and knowing how much to charge your customers is a difficult task.  This is such a rewarding business that you almost won't want to charge your customers money.  However, your customers will be so grateful for your services that they will demand that you take payment.  Our estimating tutorials show you how much you should charge for each of your services.

***estimating calculators.  The Grave Site Business estimating calculators are designed to help you determine the amount to charge each customer for the services you provide.  The calculators take guess work out of your estimates and help you boost your prices.  Never under-bid a job again.

video commercials.  Have you ever wanted a professionally produced commercial?  We give you professional video commercials you can submit to online social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube, or your own website.  Production of these commercials (video, audio, and soundtrack) is royalty free so you do not need to worry about continuous or complicated licensing agreements.

audio commercials for radio.  Don't get stuck paying $100/hour for voice commercial production.  We include audio commercials suitable for podcasting on your own website or any of hundreds of podcasting websites.  Like the videos mentioned above, this content is royalty free.

grave care website templates.  A professionally built website can cost thousands of dollars.  We provide you with customizable website templates so your business can have an immediate web presence.  The website templates contained in this package include a large selection of professional grave site photography.  Pick and choose your photographs from our gallery.  Photographs may also be used in your other advertising campaigns such as flyers and business cards.

business forms toolkit.  Never be at a loss for business letters, advertising templates, customer agreement examples, estimate forms, purchase orders, invoices, customer survey forms, cemetery contact forms, cemetery agreement forms, and a large selection of necessary forms devoted to your Grave Care Business.  You can customize these forms and print them out for use year after year.

support.  We're here for you if you need us.  If you have questions concerning the Grave Site Maintenance Business that are not answered within the training materials let us know and we will be happy to help you.  We provide you a private forum through which to communicate with us.  If you need special assistance, just let us know.

 
My team and I have taken a tremendous amount of time and energy to produce this professionally designed business training program.  This is a HUGE business program and you will not be disappointed in the amount of information and business tools included in this course.

Grave care is a dynamic and very rewarding business.  However, many communities around the country do not have anyone offering these services.  This means you might be the only person offering these services in your town.  Getting your Grave Care Business started correctly with our business program means you might hold a virtual monopoly in your town and city.
 

 

We offer 3 versions of the Grave Site Business program. 
The table below shows you which features are included in each package.

Features

Basic Version
1 CD-Rom

Extended Version
3 CD-Roms

Full Version
3 CD-Roms & Printed Manuals

   

This is our most popular version.

  
Full Grave Care Business Course

       
F.A.Q.:  A huge frequently asked questions section that answers many of the questions you will have about starting and operating a grave care business.

       
Start Up Manual:  Covers Business Startup, Licensing & Permitting Requirements.

   

 

  
Services Guidebook:  Shows you which services to offer, how to perform those services, and how much money to charge your customers.  This is an ENORMOUS guidebook and is well worth the cost of the entire course.

(Hint from us: get the FULL VERSION...it is a HUGE resource)

(beginner's overview)

(full version)

(full version)
       
Customer Acquisition Guidebook (Advertising and Marketing Guidebook):  Grave Care is unlike most other businesses.  If you advertise wrong you will LOSE customers.  We show you the best ways to acquire customers for your business.

       
Pricing Strategy Guidebook:  Pricing is a difficult concept to master.  Our pricing strategy guidebook will help you price your services correctly.

       
Customer Interaction Advice:  Helping customers in this business requires a certain level of understanding of their needs and wants.  We show you how to interact with customers and potential clients.

       
Estimating Tutorial:  Are you losing too many customers?  Your estimating procedure might be to blame.  We show you strategies to help you raise your customer acceptance rate.

       
Customer and Business Letter Templates:  A large series of business letters to send to your customers.

       
Tombstone Cleaning Guide:  This is an excellent guide to proper basic cleaning techniques for the most common problems associated with tombstone cleaning.

       
Estimating Calculator Software:  Estimating software that will help you determine prices for your customers.

       
Video Training Guides:  These videos will help you master many of the concepts discussed within the program.

       
Customer Agreement Examples (Contracts):  Signed agreements between you and your customers are very important.  Also includes Customer Agreements and Cemetery Agreements.

       
Cemetery Management "Code-of-conduct agreements: We teach you how to contact and interact with cemetery management.  Getting cemetery management on your side will be a HUGE benefit to your business.  We show you how.

       
Business Forms Toolkit:  A large variety of business forms necessary for your business.

       
Grave Care Web Templates:  Customize the information for your very own website.  We also give you great hints on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how to register and host your own URL.

       
Photo Gallery:  A huge supply of pictures you can use on your website, on your flyers, and in your other advertising.

       
Advertising Flyers:  Printable to hand out to clients or simply copy them into advertising websites such as Craigslist.  Very useful.

       
***BONUS GUIDES*** In the extended and full versions we have included a few amazing bonus guides such as "How to Properly Photograph Cemeteries & Tombstones" and "Cemetery Documentation Using your GPS."  Even if you don't add these services to your business, the guides are tremendous resources for Cemetery researchers.

       
Video Commercials: - Place these on your website, YouTube, or other social media sites.

       
Audio Commercials:  Great to place on your blog or your favorite podcast site.

       
Printed Manuals:  The FULL VERSION includes all the manuals in printed format.  If you want the ability to read the manuals away from your computer they are neatly organized for you in a large, handy binder you can keep on your bookshelf or carry in your vehicle to all your jobsites. 

       
SUPPORT:  We know you will have questions (or maybe just need some advice) about your Grave Care Business.  If you ever need anything just let us know and we will do our best to lead you in the right direction and share ideas with you.  We LOVE talking about all aspects of the Grave Site business so no question is too simple. 

Remember: The only stupid question is the one you never ask. :-)

 

   

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Once again, my name is Keith, if you have any questions about
the package or if you want to order it over the phone,
my toll-free number is:  1-877-586-6639
This rings to my personal cell phone so
if I don't answer, please leave a message.

 

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