I apologize that I didn't get the blog entry out to you today. Usually I try and get it done while at the airport on my way home from travel but since I got to drive this past week instead of fly it made it difficult to get it done on time.
It was great seeing many of you as I poked my head into the planning center on Friday! I wish I would have had more time to spend with each of you but you were busy at work and I had a lot of homes to see while we were there. I think my wife found a place that we will love... What a relief! less than a month left! I better get packing :)
This past week with Ty Gee was a lot of fun. Ty is a Regional Director for Precoa and is... AWESOME. He is a genuine NICE GUY. Ty got into the funeral business in 1988. He became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1993. He has worked in all facets of the business from managing funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories, pre-need and beyond. He was with SCI for 14 years and then he sold pre-need independently.
Ty Started with Precoa in August 2006 as an RC over Oklahoma. In April 2010, he took over the RD role where he oversees the entire western region which includes 13 states (everything but Southern California).
He and his wife Crissy (who is also a funeral director) reside inn Mustang, Oklahoma with their two girls and are loving life.
This week I spent most of the time going around around with Ty meeting with our counselors Adam Vogel, and Matt Simons. We spent some time going through some trainings and reviewing the important items with the switch over to National Guardian Life.
Below is a photo of the room where the magic happens... check out that green carpet and duct tape!
Don't worry... the rest of the funeral home is beautiful. This is just the attic room where our preneed guys work and where we do trainings when we come into town. If the Russon Brothers ever decide to invest money in new carpet for that room we have suggest they cut up a piece and frame it. It is too priceless :)
Here we see Ty and Adam hard at work.
The three funeral homes that we do preneed out of are all owned by the Russon Brothers. The Russon Brothers mortuary has been in business since 1954. They are now on the second generation of Russon Brothers (Gary, Brent and Scott). They have three locations, one in Farmington, UT one in Bountiful, UT and one in downtown Salt Lake City. Their strongest home is their bountiful location. They are well known and respected in the community.
Their newest location in Farmington is picking up, and adding more and more cases as time goes on. Their location is absolutely breathtaking. Once again... the pictures don't even do it justice but look particularly at the view behind the pulpit. You see the entire Valley!
Their last location in down town is older, but they recently renovated the exterior. They have about 13 competitors in a 3 mile radius... but they did add a crematory in 2008 and are starting to pick up their cremation business.
Russon Brothers probably does the highest percentage of traditional funerals of any of our areas in the company. (Their Salt Lake location being the exception). This provides tremendous opportunity for success for both Adam and Matt. Adam and Matt have both sold for us for several years now. Matt actually sold up in Idaho before moving down to Utah 10 months ago. Both are having a great year. Adam is already a million dollar producer and Matt is close behind him. They both have tremendous work ethic and love what they do. Adam actually sent me a text at the end of the week and wanted me to let you know that he is always so impressed with the amount of care that goes into these calls. He said that Mr. and Mrs. Miner (whom Adam met with this week) even stated how nice the planner they had talked to on the home was. When Adam hears things like this he knows that it makes his job a lot easier because he has a great support group helping with his appointments. He wanted me to personally tell each of you thank you for working so hard so that together we can see success!
GREAT WORK PLANNERS!!!
Also, it was interesting, right before Ty flew into town Salt Lake had a massive wind storm that took down hundreds of trees, destroyed fences, took tons of shingles off the roof etc. When we got to the first funeral home the heat was out and it was freezing. A lot of people canceled their appointments this week because of the huge storm and all the clean up in the area.
This week I am in Ty's home town and spending time with he and Ray May. It has already started off as a great week and I am excited for the next couple days with them. I will make sure I get the next entry to you sooner next week :)
Until then...
Best,
Jon Lefrandt
No comments:
Post a Comment