Minnesota’s Top Rated Local® Funeral Homes and Services Award Winner: Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery

Top Rated Local® is pleased to announce that Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery is a 2019 award winner for funeral homes and services in Minnesota!

If you are looking to create and design a healing experience to celebrate the life of a deceased loved one, we recommend working with Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in Hermantown, Minnesota!

Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery has received dozens of reviews on verified sites with an average rating of 4.60 stars, earning them an incredible Rating Score™ of 86.45 and a 2019 Top Rated Local award for ranking among the top 10 funeral homes and services in all of Minnesota!

Here’s just one of their many five-star reviews:

“[The provided a] great service and honored all our family wishes. They worked well with our family, and took all the hassle away and made it easy. They truly helped [to] preserve the memory of Warren. Thank you! -Mitch S.

Not Your Average Funeral Home

We wanted to learn a little more about this award-winning business and its impressive online reputation, so we took a few minutes to talk with Bart Porter, the owner at Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery.

The first question we had for Bart was what sets Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery apart from their competition in Minnesota. Here’s his response:

“[We’re the] only funeral home/cemetery in Hermantown. [It has] been in the family for a long time. [We] have a beautiful building!”

We also wanted to know what their mission is at Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery and how they work to make the world a better place. Here’s what Bart had to say:

“[We] sponsored an app called Vitalite. [Our goal is to] help people live longer.”

Building Success Through Marketing

When asked about the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery’s secret to a strong online reputation, Bart said:

“[By having] a great Facebook Page. [We focus on] a lot of different avenues to drive traffic to our website. We have used Yext and also work on video conferences.”

Outside of building a powerful online reputation, Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery has gotten their name out there through the newspaper, radio advertisements, and Yellowpages.

There are so many business owners who would love to build the kind of online reputation that Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery has. Here’s Bart’s expert advice for them:

“Be consistent, and work on it every day.”


Congratulations to the team at Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery for being a 2019 Top Rated Local award winner, and thank you so much, Bart, for taking the time to speak with us! Visit their website here!

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