IMPERIUM Client Result
Tattoo Artist · Manufacturing Space · Acquisition

5 YEARS LOST TO $48K COLLECTED IN 7 WEEKS OF ADS.

A Lithuanian tattoo artist who visited 32 countries for his craft entered Imperium with no clients, no sales system, and years of failed pivots. He left with a working acquisition engine and the confidence to close on two fronts.

Andrew
Tattoo Artist & Aspiring Manufacturing Agency Founder · Chicago, USA
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$48K+
Cash Collected (Tattoo Ads)
$2,500
Per Session Rate (Up from $1,600)
5 Mo.
Time in Program
01 · The Bottleneck

He knew the craft. He had no idea how to get clients.

Right Now
Andrew had 15 years as a tattoo artist, a skincare brand, and a SaaS platform — and zero paying clients across all three. Every project stalled at the same wall: execution.
What Happens
Waking up each day not knowing what was coming in. Bills due, appointments empty, skincare dead, manufacturing barely moving. The uncertainty was more painful than the failure itself.
The Squeeze
He kept polishing the product and the brand — convinced that aesthetics would do the selling. Four to five years of refinement produced no clients. The branding was perfect. The pipeline was empty.
The Fix
Joined Imperium, rebuilt his paradigm, and applied the acquisition system to his tattoo business first. Seven weeks of Meta ads, one group call with Jimmy, and $48K collected — with manufacturing still ahead of him.
02 · The Imperium Transformation

Before & After

Before Imperium
Monthly Revenue
$0
no pipeline across any venture
Tattoo appointments were sparse. Skincare had no buyers. Manufacturing had no leads. Nothing was converting.
Pricing
$1,600
per session, underpriced
Charging below his value with no structure to justify a raise and no system to attract clients who could pay more.
Lead Source
None
word of mouth, unpredictable
No paid acquisition, no outbound, no system. Waiting on referrals that weren't coming in reliably.
Sales Process
None
never did live 1:1 calls
Had never structured a sales conversation. No call framework, no close process, no confidence on the phone.
Mindset
Stuck
wrong paradigm, wrong lens
Operating with a fixed belief that great branding would generate clients. Years of effort with no return. The glasses needed to come off.
After 5 Months
Monthly Revenue
$48K+
collected in 7 weeks of running ads
Applied Imperium's acquisition system to his tattoo business while manufacturing warmed up — and the money came immediately.
Pricing
$2,500
per session, serious clients only
Raised rates incrementally from $1,600 to $2,000 to $2,500. Now attracting clients with large projects who are willing to pay.
Lead Source
Meta Ads
5,000+ organic followers in weeks
Built and launched a Meta ad campaign independently using Imperium's module. Leads came in. Booked out. Spent $11.2K, collected $48K+.
Sales Process
Live Calls
structured, improving, consistent
Now running 1:1 sales calls with a real framework. Building reps on B2C tattooing to prepare for larger manufacturing deals ahead.
Mindset
Shifted
paradigm rebuilt, new lens on
Completed the full Transcendence work. Sees business differently. Asks questions as an entrepreneur. Shows up differently on every call.
03 · The Turning Point

Andrew had been grinding for four to five years — skincare, manufacturing, SaaS — polishing brands that never produced a client. When Imperium came across his radar, the price shocked him. He didn't tell his wife. He paid anyway. Not because he trusted the pitch, but because the pain of not knowing had become unbearable. "I didn't really care how much it was going to cost me," he said. "As long as the pain was going to go away." That decision unlocked everything. Within weeks of joining, he wasn't just working toward manufacturing — he had launched Meta ads for his tattoo business on his own, gone through the module himself, joined Jimmy's call for a quick check, and collected over $48,000 in seven weeks.

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The most painful thing you can ever face as an entrepreneur is that you don't know. You don't know the answers. You don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.

04 · How We Helped

The four levers.

Paradigm Reset

Andrew was wearing the wrong glasses — convinced that polished branding would produce clients. Imperium's Transcendence curriculum dismantled that belief and replaced it with an operator's understanding of how acquisition actually works.

Acquisition System

Went through Acquisition Genesis and built a working Meta ad funnel from scratch using Imperium's module library — no hand-holding, no copy-paste. He applied the principles, got on a call with Jimmy, and dialled in the campaign himself.

Sales Foundation

Had never run a structured sales call in 15 years of tattooing. Imperium introduced a call framework and put him in an environment where non-native English speakers — including sales coach Casper — close at world-class levels. The excuses ran out.

Niche Clarity

Andrew arrived with three businesses and no clear direction. Imperium helped him map his paradigm, identify his real strengths, and build a system for manufacturing while using tattooing as a live practice ground for sales reps and cash flow.

05 · Key Actions Taken

What Andrew did.

  1. Went through Imperium's full Transcendence curriculum — watched every video from first second to last, including 4-hour sessions — and rebuilt his operating paradigm from scratch.
  2. Independently built and launched a Meta ad campaign for his tattoo business using Imperium's module, without waiting for anyone to do it for him.
  3. Attended Jimmy's group call to dial in the campaign, applied the feedback, and kept the system running — spending $11.2K and collecting $48K+ in 7 weeks.
  4. Raised his per-session rate from $1,600 to $2,500 by attracting higher-quality clients through paid acquisition instead of word of mouth.
  5. Started running structured 1:1 sales calls — something he had never done in 15 years — building reps and confidence on B2C before moving into manufacturing deals.
  6. Used downtime in the manufacturing build-out to consume additional Imperium modules on Instagram DM strategy, generating 5,000+ followers and active inbound leads.
06 · Objections Overcome

What they believed. What was true.

"I know my niche, I know everyone — the clients will come."
→Industry knowledge doesn't replace an acquisition system. Relationships don't fill a pipeline.
"If I polish the brand enough, it will attract clients on its own."
→Five years of brand refinement produced zero paying clients. The product was never the problem.
"English isn't my first language — I can't do sales."
→Imperium's top sales coach is Polish with an accent and has collected over $80M. The language was never the obstacle.
"The price is too high — I'm not in a position to invest this."
→He paid $13K–$30K without telling his wife. Within months he had collected $48K from one channel alone.

A tattoo artist who knew everything about his craft except how to sell it.

For someone on the fence

"Believe in the process. We are in a marathon, not a sprint. If you are not willing to change your paradigm — the way you see things — the system is probably not going to work. But if you believe in it and you show up, the waiting time is nothing compared to the results you gain."

— Andrew