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TheFuneralGurus.com 11/6/09 Replay: Evolution of the Obituary by Jeff Taylor
Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com replays Jeff Taylor's presentation from the NFDA Conference, "Evoloution of the Obituary"
The Boston Globe 08/23/09 Out of Print
Monster.com made its name by putting help-wanted ads online. And now its founder sees untapped potential in widening the audience for death notices, too.
Blisstree.com 08/7/09 What to say (Or Not) to Widows and Widowers
David Kessler, Loss and Grieving Specialist for Tributes.com discusses how to deal with the difficult question of what to say and what not to say to Widows and Widowers who have recently lost a spouse.
eMaxHealth.com 08/5/09 The Best And Worst Things To Say To A Grieving Person
David Kessler, Loss and Grieving Specialist for Tributes.com discusses how to deal with the difficult question of what to say and what not to say to someone who has recently lost a loved one.
TheFuneralGurus.com 07/10/09 Ken Varner talks about Cypress Lawn and the Michael Jackson Service
Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com talks with Ken Varner of CypressLawn.com about the operations at Cypress Lawn and also chat about the Michael Jackson service. This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.
TheFuneralGurus.com 04/14/09 Buddy Phaneuf talks about Newspapers and Online Obits
Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com talks with Buddy Phaneuf of Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium and Cremation Society of New Hampshire about newspaper obituaries and online obits. This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.
TheFuneralGurus.com 04/08/09 David Kessler & John Heald talk about Grieving Online
Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com chats with David Kessler of Grief.com and John Heald of Tributes.com about how people are grieving online. This interview is part of the Tributes.com Interview Series.
Forbes.com 09/22/08 Wall Street Journal Gets Tributes.com-Powered Obits
You wouldn't typically think of The Wall Street Journal for its obituaries, but if you're going to be a national newspaper (albeit one that happens to focus heavily on business), then they're a standard ingredient in the stew.
The New York Times 09/15/08 New Web Site to Track and Honor the Deceased
Jeff Taylor, founder of the online job search site, Monster.com and the site Eons.com for people born from 1946 to 1964, said he started the company after he noticed that obituaries are the last section of the newspaper to migrate to the Web.
USA Today 07/01/08 Monster founder thinks obituaries will pay off with Tributes.com
Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers. Now, just as papers are reeling from a massive drainage of ad dollars online, Taylor thinks he''s found another one of their strongholds that''s ripe for online competition: Obituaries.
MSNBC 05/05/08 Monster.com Founder''s New Venture To Die For
Web site serves as clearinghouse for obituaries and death notices
Wired 05/05/08 Monster.com Founder Starts Social Networking Site for the Dead
Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor helped you find a job, and helped ease you into middle age. Now he wants to help you build the last web page you''ll ever need.
Portfolio 04/25/08 Death March
Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor is hoping to wrest control of paid death notices from the newspaper industry, just as he did with employment postings.

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