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509 New Memorials Direct Releases
New Line of Birthstone Charms
GIG HARBOR,WA— NewMemorials Direct is proud to offer more
options to personalize their memorial jewelry. Birthstone charms
are the newest addition to their memorial pendants. Each person is
unique, and birthstone charms offer the perfect way to let personal-
ity shine through as well as add versatility.
Simplicity and elegance are center stage with the new
birthstone charms. The charms are specially designed to lay
with the pendants, so that the two pieces look unified togeth-
er. The charm elegantly twists, enabling it to perfectly pair
with a variety of pendants, or it can simply be worn alone.
Charms are available in all twelve birthstone colors and the
bail’s opening is large enough to fit any common chain size.
Families can order a sterling silver or gold plated bail.
New Memorials Direct birthstone charms offer yet an-
other way to honor loved one’s unique identity. With a
24-hour turn-around time, satisfaction is always guar-
anteed. For more information call 877-995-8767 or visit
.
Terrybear’s Craftsman Style Memory
Chest
ST.PAUL,MN— Terrybear Urns & Memo-
rials is excited to announce the launch of its
new Craftsman Style Memory Chest. This
new Memory Chest is designed with beau-
tiful contrasting bamboo highlights and in-
cludes a photo display area inside, a memento
drawer and a velvet urn bag that accommo-
dates most standard return containers.
Families can select from six designs which
include: Tree of Life, Modern Geometric
Design, Butterflies, Cardinals, Dove, and
a photo frame option. The magnetic pan-
el adds another level of personalization to
the piece. Personalized engraving is avail-
able as well.
Call Terrybear at 1-888-588-8767 to
find a distributor in the area, or visit
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Vitalboards® Selects
Disrupt Media
Disrupt Media’s assistance with social media
support has helped continue the success of
Vitalboard’s Vital ICE
marketing program has turned to magic,”
stated Hastings. “Ryan and his team have not
only provided social media support, but have
been very forthcoming with strategic digi-
tal marketing counsel as well. Using Disrupt
Media has been a real feather in our cap as we
introduced the Vital ICE life-saving app.”
“At Disrupt Media, we’ve had some real plea-
sure juxtaposing a life-saving app with death
and funeral homes on socialmedia,” comment-
ed Ryan Thogmartin, president and CEO of
Disrupt Media. “We have been careful to de-
liver the messages in a tasteful way, which has
resulted in some amazing results over the past
year for Vitalboards and the VITAL Ice app.”
Disrupt Media is a full service social media
management and content agency dedicated to
the funeral learnmore, call 800-
215-2713 or visit .
ZANESVILLE,OH— Looking for digital mar-
keting help to introduce its new Vital ICE
app, Vitalboards® has selected Disrupt Me-
dia to coordinate its social media strategy
and content management. Using their pro-
prietary Funeral Social Design Process, Dis-
rupt Media has helped Vitalboards success-
fully introduce their mobile Vital ICE app to
the funeral profession.
Vital ICE is the premier In Case of Emer-
gency mobile app that helps save lives any-
where. Free for download with the sponsor’s
unique code, this public safety app locally
stores user medical information, emergen-
cy contacts and more. It can be easily ac-
cessed by EMS and first responders in situa-
tions where the user is unable to speak or is
otherwise incapacitated. First responders are
given access to Vital ICE’s back office site,
where they can send emergency communi-
cations and other alerts to local app users.
Similar medical alert programs, which are
limited to use in the home only, can cost
families in excess of $1000 per year.
“When I started in the funeral business al-
most twenty years ago, direct mail was the way
to go and that’s what we used to first introduce
the Vitalboards® in-home memo boards,”
commented Frank Hastings, a partner at Vi-
talboards. “However, our recent results with
direct mail have been declining. That’s when
we knew things needed to change and we had
to consider embracing digital media for the in-
troduction of the Vital ICE app.”
“Since we started working with Ryan and
his team at Disrupt, it seems our Vital ICE
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