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JULY 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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A Good Goodbye
DVD Series offers Funeral Websites Affiliate Income
ALBUQUERQUE,NM—
The 12-episode television series
A
Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t
Plan to Die
recently won first place in the Television Talk
Show category of the NewMexico Press Women 2014 Com-
munications Contest. The series won second place for tele-
expertise and involvement in
the field. A popular speaker
who uses humor and films to
get the funeral planning con-
versation started, Rubin is
also a Certified Funeral Cele-
brant, funeral planning con-
sultant, TV and radio host,
and insurance agent. She is
a member of the
Internation-
al Cemetery, Cremation and
Funeral Association
, the As-
sociation for Death Educa-
tion and Counseling, Toast-
Crisma Henriquez-Ramirez
years in the funeral business,
I am proud to be recognized
as one of the Caribbean’s
most successful woman in
business today. The awards
and recognition I have re-
ceived come through hard
work teaching me that de-
spite the struggles I am able
to add value to the lives of
others.”
Crisma’s awards and recog-
nition include: Women of
the Year-Curacao in 1994,
1995; International Woman
of the Year-Caribbean 2009,
2010; Most Outstanding
Woman-Curacao 2013; Rec-
ognition of “Curacao their
Women’s Pioneer” 2002;
Recognition by Interna-
tional Women’s Day 2006;
Nominee for the Outstand-
ing Woman Award Curacao
2013; Steering Committee
Award, Curacao recognizing
35 years of service in 2009;
a Birthday Calendar was
dedicated to honor Crisma
Henriquez-Ramirez in De-
cember 2013. Crisma was
recognized by the 100BWFS
as a Living Legend in 2007
and is an honorary member
of the International Order of
the Golden Rule.
International
Leadership
Excellence
Honorees
masters International and the National Speakers Association
New Mexico Chapter. Affiliate participation is free.
odbye
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Matos Mortuary
Transport opens to serve
Central Arkansas
Mike Matos
AUSTIN,AR—
Matos Mortuary Transport Service
has
opened its doors in Central Arkansas and is licensed to
serve funeral homes and families throughout the state.
Centrally located, the transport service is only moments
from the capital city area. Founder
Mike Matos
is an
Arkansas Licensed Funer-
al Director that entered
the funeral business at 19
years old. He is passionate
about serving families and
funeral directors. In addi-
tion to transport needs, he
and his staff are available
to provide licensed sup-
port, graveside funerals,
and out of town church fu-
vision talk shows at the na-
tional level among other
state chapter entries of the
National Federation of Press
Women. The series has also
been nominated for a Rocky
Mountain Regional Emmy®
Award.
Gail Rubin
, CT, a.k.a. The
Doyenne of Death®, has an-
nounced an affiliate program
offering funeral websites and
blogs focused on end-of-life
issues an opportunity to earn
money from sales of DVDs
and books from this award
winning series. Rubin helps
start funeral planning con-
versations with a light touch
on a serious subject. Her en-
tertaining and educational
A Good Goodbye materi-
als include a 4-DVD televi-
sion interview series with 12
episodes, funeral planning
book, The Newly-Dead Game® digital download and other
informational DVDs.
By simply putting information and a link on their websites,
funeral homes, non-profit organizations and other business-
es can earn a percentage of sales proceeds. “This new affili-
ate program offers end-of-
life-related websites and
blogs a win-win opportunity
to monetize with ease,” said
Rubin. “These quality funer-
al planning education prod-
ucts help both consumers
and businesses.”
Gail Rubin is certified in
Thanatology: Death, Dying
and Bereavement (CT) from
the national Association for
Death Education and Coun-
seling®, demonstrating her
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