Interview with Piercer, Tuna
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JANUARY 2020 ISSUE 1 INTERVIEW WITH PIERCER, TUNA TITANIUM+ THREADLESS JEWELRY NATIONAL PIERCING DAYS VALENTINE'S DAY JEWELRY & MORE! FRONT COVER 1 COUNTY RD, SUITE A12 [email protected] @METALMAFIABODYJEWELRY PIERCER: SECAUCUS, NJ 07094 WWW.METALMAFIA.COM TUNA METALMAFIABODYJEWELRY 212-279-4655 201-222-7707 SAME DAY SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS CONFIRMED BY 2PM EST @METALMAFIA1 VISIT WWW.METALMAFIA.COM FOR EVEN MORE STYLES! 30% OFF Price after discount is in red. Website reflects sale price. Beaded HINGED SEGMENT rings 16G (1.2MM), AS LOW 30% OFF Sold Singly AS $4.38 Ear/ Septum 30% OFF SHSGR316516- Rose Gold Ear/Tragus Jewelry 5/16” (8MM) jewelry Gold PVD Black PVD PVD 16G (1.2MM), 16G (1.2MM), AS LOW Sold Singly Sold Singly AS $3.44 SBRTPIN SBRTHMS1 SSC1316- SSC13161/4 Gold Black Rose White Opal 5/16” (8MM) 1/4” (6MM) PVD PVD Gold PVD SAME AS SKU GP BK RGP $1.27 Clear Black Clear Black SSC31638- Rose Gold 3/8” (10MM) Gold PVD Black PVD PVD G BK RG S SIDE VIEW CL BK CL BK AS LOW AS $1.44 SAME AS SKU GP BK RGP SNPS31 14G 5/8” $2.18 14G (1.6mm), Sold SNPCSH 9/16" Singly. Packaged on a fully assembled 1-1/4in AS LOW AS $3.04 Gold PVD 30% OFF Industrial Barbells barbell with extra 1-1/2in 30% OFF and 1-3/8in barbell, extra silicone rings and 2 extra Nipple Jewelry SBRINDTR1AN externally threaded balls. Antique Bronze PVD 14G (1.6MM), Sold Singly Purple $3.41 SBRINDVD2 $1.55 S G 30% OFF TTDO14- Navel Jewelry SBNAMN11 50% OFF Pink Synthetic Opal $4.51 14G (1.6MM) 3/8" (10MM), Sold Singly SBNAHMS5 ASTM F-136 Titanium 52PK 44PK White Opal Multi Thread Disc SBNAEQU2 SBNAVD8 $1.86 14G (1.6MM), Sold Singly $2.60 $2.24 5MM DISC 4MM DISC 2 THREADS 4 THREADS $2.90 $5.60 TTDO14- White Synthetic Opal 42WH 43WH 53WH 44WH 4MM DISC 4MM DISC 5MM DISC 4MM DISC 2 THREADS 3 THREADS 3 THREADS 4 THREADS $2.53 $3.25 $3.65 $5.60 PAGE 2 © COPYRIGHT METAL MAFIA 2020 Ethics matters. In life and in business. Bombshell Accessories/ Metal Mafia trades on that principle. In the era of cutthroat and carelessness, we choose Front commitment and accountability. No GLOVES, STERILE POUCHES, Cover:Tuna excuses. No slack. No margin for error. NEEDLES, TOOLS & MORE. Get To Know More Bombshell Accessories/Metal Mafia is VISIT WWW.METALMAFIA.COM FOR MORE SUPPLIES the result of three people’s dedication to About Tuna on Pg.10 doing it right every time, in a world where things being done wrong has become the norm. We make jewelry, but our company also makes a home for both the people who work here and the people we serve. Our style is as persuasive as our honesty. Our quality is as irreproachable as our integrity. Our designs are as righteous as we are. CONTENTS SALE! UP TO 50% OFF WHILE 2 SUPPLIES LAST TITANIUM THREADLESS 4-5 JEWELRY WHY CONNECTING WITH YOUR 6 CLIENTS IS VITAL JANUARY'S BIRTHSTONE; 7 GLAMOROUS GARNET NATIONAL NIPPLE PIERCING 8 DAY NATIONAL EAR PIERCING 9 DAY Want To Be INTERVIEW WITH Featured In 10-11 2020 ? TUNA E-mail [email protected] MICROSAN RX® VS. 12-13 for more information. 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It’s likely easier to get her heard a lot of shop owners tell us that, like us, to add on to her sale now than it may be to get her to Sthey sometimes have trouble making ends meet. come back another day to make the same purchase. Whether it’s just low season or a bigger downturn, Selling should happen throughout the client here are some easy things you can do to make sales and experience--it’s what the customer has come for. After grow your business all year round. all, a client coming into your shop isn’t there just to Teach every staff member that there is no shame get a piercing. She is there for good advice, a safe in selling. A lot of people feel pushy or aggressive experience, and a new look--none of which stop when when they have to sell someone something, so they do the needle is removed. Don’t let her walk out without everything they can to avoid it. The truth, however, is everything she needs to be successful at caring for that a sale happens when the right person is matched her new piercing and your beautiful work. Stocking, with the right product at the right time. And helping suggesting, and selling your preferred aftercare a customer coming into your shop to find the right products is something you can do to make sure your product comes down to one simple thing: asking customer goes home with the right tools to heal the questions of your customer. The first question most way you want her to. And a perfect healing experience customers are asked when they enter a shop is “Can will insure she recommends you to others and enjoys I help you?” which often just elicits a vague “I’m just her piercing for years to come. looking” type of response. Why? Because the question Give customers a reason to come in. Just did not lead the customer in the right direction. If like people go to a restaurant because it’s lunch time, you train your counter staff to ask specific questions your customers sometimes need a reason to come in instead like “What piercing are you thinking about to your shop. Maybe it’s to spend their holiday gift getting today?”, you’ll get a more concrete response money, maybe it’s to remind themselves of a new year’s from your potential client, and can lead them more resolution, or maybe it’s to use their recently received quickly to the right product or service.