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We’ve taken enough prank calls to know firsthand that funeral directors are often on the receiving end of practical jokes, which is why we wanted to flip the script for this year’s April Fools' Day. To celebrate the most mirthful day of the year, we’ve created a list of hilariously ridiculous funeral home advertisements and marketing ideas sure to have you dying with laughter.

ASD is currently working with a group of more than one hundred funeral homes to beta test the company’s new MobileFH™ Texting tool. This game-changing mobile feature will allow our clients to send and receive text messages on their cell phone using the funeral home’s business phone number as the sending number or any other associated company number, including toll-free numbers.

Working in the funeral business, you know there are many humorous situations and dilemmas that only other funeral professionals could understand. To illustrate some of these unique challenges, we’ve created 11 memes and GIFs to illustrate the everyday struggles of being a funeral director or embalmer. Hope this gives everyone a good laugh!

The “ASD Extra Mile Award” gives our employees the opportunity to commend one another for a job well done. This award fosters positivity in the office and helps us to spotlight employees who go above and beyond to do a good job at ASD. Our staff appreciates being able to recognize their fellow colleagues and the different ways they contribute positively to ASD.

In honor of Valentines Day, ASD wanted to relay how grateful we are to work with the funeral service community. There are countless reasons for why we feel fortunate to work in this profession and why we feel funeral directors are the best clients any company could have. Here are just some of the many things we love about funeral directors.

ASD is pleased to share this guest blog post from The Recovery Village, an organization that offers comprehensive and personalized addiction treatment for individuals on the path to recovery. In this guest blog post, the organization outlines several resources that funeral directors and other support professionals can provide to help families cope with complicated grief of a drug-related death.