Give your favorite undertaker a “like”

There’s a new way of getting the last word in on Facebook.

Two-thirds of funeral directors have embraced social networking services such as Facebook and LinkedIn over the past 18 months, a new national survey shows.

And it appears the “deathcare” industry, as it calls itself, has hit paydirt. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of funeral directors responding to a survey conducted by the Expressing Sympathy Advisory Council reported seeing an increase in the number of people reaching out to them as a result of opening a Facebook page.

“When you lose a loved one, you are at your most vulnerable and many people are using the Internet to research their options,” said Anthony Kaniuk, associate publisher at Kates-Boylston Publications, a publisher serving the funeral and cemetery industry. “It absolutely makes sense for funeral directors to get online and let people know they are there for them.”

Courtesy of Live Science.