Entries Tagged as 'tats'

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Presentation IS Everything

I was watching a program on TV with my husband, aka the channel flipper. I have to be quick while watching TV with him or I miss out. I can’t tell you the name of the program we were watching or what businessman was being interviewed but I did find part of [...]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Don’t Undersell Your Service

Anyone in the service industry gets paid for providing a service.  Sometimes it  is hard for us to charge our customers for extra services that we provide.
When I was much younger I had my hair done for the first time on my own.  The cost was $20 for the hair cut but by the time [...]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Turning Lemons into Lemonade

Have you been faced with a difficult situation and felt the odds were insurmountable and given up? I know I have. Here is a true story told to me by my son Ben who is the sales manager for TAT International.
” A few years ago I attended a neighborhood street festival [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

709 new tat stencil designs and SURPRISE!

This week we are introducing 709 new, tat stencil designs exclusively to our partners – MVPs.
As always our partners will be given the opportunity to buy these new designs at half off the normal price.  These same designs will be made available to the public at TatStore.com, but at twice the price, which is the [...]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Stretch and Grow

S-T-R-E-T-C-H
And
GROW
When we first introduced the J. D. Crowe designs, our sales staff discouraged you, our customers from purchasing them.  I must say I did not agree with their reasoning.  They felt the designs could only be applied successfully by experienced airbrush artists.
I ask you, how are you going to get better at anything if [...]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Treat the Grim Reaper Right

We have a few stencil designs (117, the grim reaper, 020 the kitten, L169 the Democrat donkey and L226 the Republican elephant) that require an extra step to make them look like the designs on the posters.
Here is how I spray these designs:  Lets take stencil   #117, the grim reaper, for example…  Oh so [...]

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Get the white out!

When I first started applying tats, I was always disappointed with the way yellow, orange and brown looked on the customer’s skin. In fact when someone asked for a tat and requested yellow, orange or brown, I would warn them that because of their skin color those colors would not show up very well.
I [...]

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Clean up your act

Unlike the salon industry, the tat industry is not under a lot of government regulation and licensing requirements.  To keep it that way we need to operate in a professional and sanitary way.  Here are a few suggestions you may want to implement if you have not already.
Always use a clean stencil when applying a [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Show your stuff off

Enthusiasm is contagious. If you show excitement for your product by wearing it and being up-beat, your enthusiasm will pass on to your customer.
When we first started this business I was a silent observer at one of our carts at the mall. This particular cart was located in a B grade mall in [...]

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Gear Up for July 4th

We have put together a special stencil package for the 4th of July. The package includes 16 stencil designs. You can order the entire package or just the stencils you want.
To see the package go to our home page. Near the top right, click on the box that says “God Bless America”.
Check [...]