Tattoo Shop Customer Service

Customer service in the tattoo industry can be lacking to say the least. What blows me aways is that on average, we as artist are asking our customers to pay between $100 to $200 per hour for the tattoo work we do. Yet on the whole there are a massive amount amount of artists that make fun of their customers, trash talk their tattoos, or are just plain rude and disrespectful. Why ...

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Apogee Body Piercing

So I wanted to get a new piercing today. Unfortunately I am the only piercer at the shop right now. So I had to go outside my shop family to get the piercing that I wanted. As you know when ever you look for service in an industry that you work in, you are even more critical of where you go. So I looked at almost every shop around town ...

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$5 Piercings

Check this out. On Sat. May 26, Blue Tattoo Cafe in Pacific Beach will be offering $5 piercings. Jewelry is included in all piercings. First come first serve. Doors open at 12pm.

Tattoo Competition

Lets see your work. Submit photos of your best tattoo. On april 1 the shop will take a vote on which tattoo looks the best and that person will win a $100 gift certificate to the shop. This competition is for customers not for artists. Please submit photos to either Facebook or to the website. Good Luck.

Deal of the Week

Last week to get your deal on yelp. We are selling an hour of tattooing for only $60. Deal ends April 1. Click this link or copy it to your address bar -- http://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-tattoo-cafe-el-cajon-2

Scratchers

So I recently saw this stuff on the news. Another tattoo shop has opened up in east county. Then I saw this particular tattoo shop owner start to talk about his experience and what his tattoo shop is about. Now lets just get it out there that this gentleman worked for Blue Tattoo Cafe for 3 days. He was sent down the road because in three days he did three horrible ...

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Dringenburg and Co

So I had the honor of hanging out with one of the greatest tattoo machine builders in the industry today. It was refreshing to meet someone that has dedicated more than 20 years of their life to bettering the industry. It challenged me to think about not only what I have gained from this industry but also ask myself what am I giving back. I knew that a lot of work went into building a tattoo machine but I never knew just how much work it really took till I built my first tattoo machine yesterday with Dan Dringenburg.