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With more than 25
years of experience in de-
signing and making cus-
Forever in My Heart Featured in
Golden Globe Gift Bag
Teardrop Locket Pendant
Paisley Bar
Sterling Silver Handmade
Antique Cremation Ash Holder
Pendant with Gemstone
Mira Alicki presenting her Forever in My Heart Jewelry designs
at the Golden Globe Awards Style Lounge
BEVERLY HILLS,CA— Fantastic news
straight from La La Land! Forever in
My Heart Jewelry was honored to be
included in the official 74th Annual
Golden Globe celebrity gift bags.
Mira Alicki, founder and owner of
the unique line of cremation jewel-
ry in Middletown, CT who donates
40 percent of her proceeds to animal
charities, presented her designs at the
Golden Globe Awards Style Lounge
on Friday, January 6th in Beverly
Hills. Since returning, the designer
was also invited to present her de-
signs at the 89th Academy Awards!
Donned in a custom, “Save a Life”
sash and a red carpet-ready ball
gown, Alicki rubbed shoulders with
stars from shows like Modern Family
and Ray Donovan, all whom stopped
to chat and learn more about the de-
signer’s mission to benefit animals.
Their gifts and participation were
especially special to the nominees
whom, like many of us, are animal
lovers themselves. There was no
better event to spotlight their dedi-
cation to these charities that Forev-
er in my Heart Jewelry aims to sup-
tom jewelry, Mira Alicki designed a line of
cremation jewelry which brought her pas-
sion for helping animals. Launching Forev-
er in my Heart Jewelry gave her the oppor-
tunity to make one of-a-kind pieces for her
clients to commemorate their loved ones.
For photos and more information, visit
Sacred Place™ Final Hero Urn
UPD Urns Introduces the
Sacred Place™ Urn and Wall
Hanging Memorial
MANASSAS,VA—Tyler Fra-
ser, CEO of UPD Urns, has
announced the Sacred Place™
Urn. This patent pending
urn is a wall hanging memo-
rial and cremation urn with
a shelf for sentimental items
and a frame for an image.
Under the shelf is a full size
adult urn that slides out and
is opened with screws. Four
hooks line the inside to hang
items such as a necklace, ro-
sary, keys or a watch.
DanKatz, CEOof LAAds
said, “This could be a new
product category segment. I
believe in this product.”
The Sacred Place™ Urn
measures 26” x 16” x 6”
and is 250 cubic inches. The
width aligns with the com-
mon wall studs in the Unit-
ed States and Canada, so the
memorial can be securely
fastened to the wall. The urn
is made of poplar and comes
in a dark wood finish.
Fraser said, “For years I’ve
thought about this product
and I’m so happy to have
our first order ready to ship
to funeral homes. Gather-
ing small and important
items around a photo and
remains are a powerful me-
morial to a loved one.”
The Sacred Place™ Urn
is engravable and the front
can include a presentation
of name, dates and words
of sentiment across the
top. The urn is available to
ship to funeral homes from
UPD Urns’ California and
Virginia locations.
UPD Urns was founded
16 years ago with a mis-
sion of bringing value and
service to funeral homes.
Alongside offering best-
selling urns, they focus on
having a unique collection
to cater to the ever-chang-
ing needs of cremation.
UPD Urns has offices in
Visalia, CA and Manassas,
VA, the greater Arlington
and Washington DC area,
where CEO Tyler Fraser
plays an active role in com-
munity and business events.
For more information visit
email tylerf@
or call Tyler
Fraser at 213-261-4984.
MKJ Marketing opens Nashville Office
911
1201
announced the opening of its second office in
the Bellevue district of Nashville. According
to Marilyn Gould, president of MKJ, “The
Florida office will remain the central opera-
tion for MKJ, but we are pleased to open an
office convenient to our Midwest and North-
east clients. Music city is a great place to visit
and we know many of our clients would pre-
fer to drive to Nashville than fly to Tampa.”
The Nashville office is available for staff
training and consultations in the confer-
ence room, and will house their social me-
dia and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
operations. Being a film and audio produc-
LARGO,FL— MKJ Mar-
keting, the leader in
death care industry adver-
tising and marketing, has
tion city, Nashville offers new opportunities
for television and radio production as does
nearby Indianapolis.
Courtney Miller, chief operations officer
and legal counsel, will operate the office along
with her staff of technology and social media
copy writers. “I am very proud of the social
media team in the Nashville office; our strat-
egy of working closely with individuals within
our client firms makes our social media posts
more interesting for readers, and more pro-
ductive for clients.”
“Over the years MKJ has created many
advertisements for funeral homes with the
headline, Convenience is an important part
of Quality Service; it’s time we put our mar-
keting philosophy in to practice,” says Miller.
“Everyone loves visiting Florida, particularly
in the winter, so there will always be a MKJ
office inTampa; but Nashville is an easy drive
from nearly anywhere east of the Mississip-
pi, and we believe this will make MKJ more
accessible to our clients. Not only that, the
Nashville nightlife is terrific.”
We are particularly excited about the op-
portunity to provide staff training at our
Nashville office as well as our Florida office.
Dollar for dollar, the most productive mar-
keting investment a funeral home can make
is training. For most funeral homes simple
volume is not the greatest obstacle to becom-
ing a more profitable business; instead qual-
ity of sale and reducing unnecessary expenses
have a greater impact on the bottom line.
MKJ Marketing has been training funer-
al directors and owners since its inception.
MKJ’s objective is to make effective and pro-
ductive training programs available to every
funeral business in the profession regardless
of size. This is accomplished by offering a
diversity of training programs. Training ses-
sions address communication and manage-
ment skills including making cremation ar-
rangement, handling telephone inquiries
and price shoppers, public speaking and
how to bring your social media in-house for
greater results at a lower cost.
Contact MKJ Marketing at 888-655-1566
for additional information on training pro-
grams, seminars and other learning experi-
ences, or visit .