A collector planning a sleeve, a first-timer picking off the wall, a couple after matching fine-line pieces and a regular due for a touch-up all find their artist in different places. Annie's knows where each of them looks, and has built tools for artists and shops like yours.
Custom & large-scale · Walk-ins & flash · Fine-line & minimalist · Piercing, touch-ups & removal
Get the free business planThe same shop can start a back piece at noon and do three walk-ins before close. The people paying for that work don't look in the same places.
Sleeves, back pieces, chest pieces and cover-ups, done over several sessions.
Smaller pieces from the wall or the artist's flash sheet, often same day.
Small, delicate work: script, florals, tiny symbols, matching pieces.
Piercings, jewelry changes, touch-ups, and fading or removing old work.
Tap each one you're already doing.
Tap the ones you're already doing.
Step-by-step how-tos for all ten are in the tattoo playbook.
Read them, use them, keep them. If something on the list doesn't make sense, that's what we're here for.
Who you serve, what to offer, how to set your rate, minimums and deposits, a 90-day launch plan, and the numbers to watch every week.
A post for every day: healed work, time-lapses, flash drops, artist intros and aftercare, with what to say and where to post it.
Platforms, local partners, conventions, directories and groups, sorted by the kind of tattoo work you do.
These are some of the ways the best shops fill their books without a big advertising budget.
A shop tradition: fill a wall with small original flash at one low set price and tattoo first come, first served on every Friday the 13th. Post the sheet a week ahead and let the line form.
Cost: flash sheets, extra supplies, and the artists' day.
Why it works: first-timers who get a small piece often come back for a big one, and the day gives everyone a reason to talk about your shop.
Run a flash day where the money goes to a local cause: an animal shelter, a cancer fund, a veterans group. The charity tells its own list, and the designs can match the cause.
Cost: one day's revenue and a sheet of themed designs.
Why it works: it puts your shop in front of people who'd never walk into a tattoo shop, and gives local news a reason to come by.
Bring in a known artist from another city for a few days. Both of you post the dates, and their followers book chairs in your shop.
Cost: an open chair and a split of the guest's work.
Why it works: collectors travel for artists they follow, and they find your house artists while they're there.
We have many, many more. Work with one of our consultants at marketinghope.com and they'll help Annie's build systems like this for you to bring in new business.
Talk to a consultantHealed work sorted by artist and style, online consult booking with deposits, and a form that takes a reference photo.
We turn your photos and time-lapses into posts, captions and a calendar built around flash drops and the seasons.
Google, AI assistants, Instagram, TikTok and directories, all with the same facts about your shop.
Most artists are great at the chair and short on time for everything else. Talk to a human at Annie's.
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