We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Nikki Kucharski. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Nikki below.
Hi Nikki, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
I’m a very type A organized methodical person, I’d say. I feel like I get my work ethic mostly though from realizing if I work hard and follow things all the way through correctly, I generally can get things done better and faster than if I outsourced or lazily waited until someone else does it. That factor has motivated me to continually do things on my own, even if I have to learn how, at an increasingly rapid pace.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
My sole focus when I opened Tattoo Noire Private Studio was to make a better relaxing, welcoming, artistically open minded, nonjudgmental space to get tattooed. Each of those things are truly important to me. I also really wanted a safe place for women. My passion of portrait painting has led me mostly to auctions, galas and commissions while painting murals has led me into wonderful local community businesses I was thankful to create relationships with. I want people to always know they can reach me in a timely manner, that I care deeply about all of my pieces and that I am very thankful always for their business.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Patience, creating a positive atmosphere and online presence, and constantly asking people performing exceedingly well in both art and business for any tips and tricks while trying to apply them into my world.
Advice for patience I’d say never ever compare your journey directly to another person’s. The ones that got better faster may have 900 different factors you may not even know about to get where there are – I.e. a better mentor, better art teacher, artistic parent, introverted lifestyle where all they do is constantly practice, etc. Ask the people you admire for advice and apply what you can to be better, but never compare to the point of negativity. You’ll get there at your own pace.
Advice for creating a positive atmosphere I’d say ambiance is absolutely huge. People endlessly thank and compliment my retro boho styled space and love the accommodations I provide them. On social media I always say how grateful I am for my clients and how beautiful their designs they brought to me were. I always try sharing them all to lift them up and it has lead to a 5 star rating across the board and countless return clients or referrals. I stay drama free on my business pages and focus on the positives of the life, never complaining to my audience.
And advice for asking people doing well for guideance I’d say never stop learning! So important, the moment you stop learning you become arrogant and plateau. Always push yourself for the better way to do something within your business.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
My social media game is weak. I’m trying to focus more on my work and adding other avenues to my business to build clientele, so unfortunately I lack in keeping up with the modern times of advertising. I’ve discussed at length with people slaying on social media on how to raise follower numbers, but unfortunately it sounds like it’s its own full time job. I try and post what I can with the crappy iPhone pics and videos I have just to stay a tiny bit relevant, but I truly could do so much more. I’m hoping one day to just be consistently busy enough I can hire someone for more successful online marketing.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.tattoonoireprivatestudio.com
- Instagram: @tattoonoireprivatestudio
- Facebook: Tattoo Noire Private Studio
Image Credits
Prince I painted with guidance from Margaret Bowland in her workshop at a local Wisconsin museum. She is a NYC art professor and a renowned oil painter.
No other image credits, the rest were sourced and blended from various references and infused with my design concepts creating a new unique product.
so if you or someone you know deserves recognition please let us know here.
