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Notes on Meta and TikTok ads, DMs and bookings for tattoo studios.
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Tattoo Artist Job Description Template (and How Tattoo Artists Get Paid)
A good tattoo artist job description tells the right artists four things in the first few lines: the style you need, how they get paid, the license and portfolio you require, and how your studio helps them fill their…
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Tattoo Shop Name Ideas: 60 Names and a 5-Step Check Before You Pick One
A good tattoo shop name is short, easy to spell after hearing it once, fits the style of work you do, and is still free as a business name, Instagram handle and .com. Pick a few favourites from the ideas below, then run…
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Tattoo Statistics 2026: Who Gets Tattooed, and What It Costs Studios to Reach Them
About a third of US adults, 32%, have at least one tattoo, and 22% have more than one, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 8,480 adults in July 2023. Tattoos are most common among people aged 30 to 49 (46%) and…
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How to Open a Tattoo Shop: The First 90 Days of Marketing
Opening a tattoo shop takes four things: a license and a registered business, a compliant space, equipment, and clients. Most guides cover the first three in detail and give clients one paragraph. This guide is only…
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How to Plan a Tattoo Flash Day: A Checklist for Any Occasion
A tattoo flash day is a set day when a studio tattoos pre-drawn designs from a flash sheet at fixed prices, often with walk-ins welcome. To run a good one, start 3 to 4 weeks ahead: draw the sheet, set one price per…
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Tattoo Shop POS and Management Software: What You Actually Need (and What It Costs)
Most tattoo studios need software for four things: online booking, deposits, consent forms and card payments at the counter. One tool that covers all four is usually cheaper and simpler than stacking a booking app, a…
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Tattoo Studio Meta Ads Case Study: 225 Leads at $14.42 Each in 9 Weeks
From July 22 to September 26, 2026, a Meta lead ads campaign for a 4-artist tattoo studio in Middle Tennessee recorded 225 lead form submissions at $14.42 each, on $3,245.29 of ad spend. The ads ran on Facebook and…
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Best Tattoo Booking and Scheduling Apps in 2026: 7 Compared on Real Monthly Cost
The best tattoo booking app for most US studios in 2026 is one with a flat monthly fee and standard card processing, such as Tattoo Studio Pro, InkDesk or Acuity. Apps that take a percentage of every deposit look free…
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Friday the 13th Tattoo Flash: How to Fill the Day and the Weeks After
The next Friday the 13th is November 13, 2026, and the one after that is August 13, 2027. To fill the day, start 3 weeks out: publish a flash sheet, decide walk-ins or booked slots, run local ads to people within a…
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Halloween Tattoo Flash 2026: A 4-Week Plan to Fill Saturday, October 31
Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday, October 31, which makes it one of the best flash days of the year: people are off work, already in a spooky mood and looking for something to do. To fill it, publish your Halloween…
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Tattoo Business Card Ideas That Bring Bookings, Not Just Compliments
The best tattoo business card is one that gets someone to book, not one that gets a compliment. That means a healed piece of your work on one side, and on the other a single clear next step: a QR code that opens your…
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Tattoo Deposit Policy: Copy-Paste Template, Amounts and the DM That Gets It Paid
A tattoo deposit policy should say four things in plain words: how much the deposit is, that it comes off the final price, that it is non-refundable, and how much notice a client must give to move the date without…
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Tattoo Gift Certificates: How Studios Sell More for Black Friday and the Holidays
Tattoo gift certificates are the easiest extra revenue a studio can add in November and December: people want to give tattoos but do not know the design, size or artist. Sell them online in fixed amounts, print clear…
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