Field notes from running Meta ads and appointment systems for tattoo & PMU studios and remodeling companies across the US.
Boosted posts buy attention. Lead campaigns buy booked chairs. Here is the exact Meta Ads structure we run for tattoo and PMU studios — creative, audiences, budget, and the numbers we hold ourselves to.
The leads are already there — sitting unread in the DMs while the artist is six hours into a back piece. Here is the AI-plus-human follow-up system that turns those unread messages into booked, deposited appointments.
Tattoo and PMU is one of the most locally competitive service categories there is. Here are the six problems that actually limit studio growth in a local market — and what to do about each.
Real campaigns from live client accounts. Every number below comes from the Ads Manager screenshots published on our homepage.
A tattoo and PMU account relying on boosted posts and organic Instagram reach. Enquiries arrived in DMs and were answered whenever the artist came off the chair, so serious leads went cold overnight.
Across the campaigns in this account, cost per lead settled in the $7–$8 range at volume, with roughly 38–40% of leads qualifying. The screenshots for these campaigns are published on the results section of our homepage.
A remodeling contractor generating enquiries but losing them between the form submission and the in-home consultation, with no consistent qualification or reminder process.
The campaign produced 217 leads at a $15.21 cost per lead, of which 32 became booked appointments and 18 closed, generating $8,745 in tracked revenue. The Ads Manager screenshot for this campaign is published on our homepage.
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