Ivan Zoot - The Adventures of ClipperGuy

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2013-05-15T13:31:00.000-05:00

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Hanging out on the haircut corner - the video to go with it...

2013-05-14T08:17:00.001-05:00

Here is the video to go with the haircut corner blog post...
LINK HERE for video.

ClipperGuy, Hanging out on the corner...

2013-05-14T08:08:00.000-05:00

... my latest blog post at modernsalon.com... The guy haircut corner, explained and explored... LINK HERE

1,001,668 Youtvbe views... and counting

2013-05-11T09:05:00.001-05:00

Yay! Thank you all. Yesterday the hit counter updated on my Clipperguysays Youtube channel and we bumped up over the top of the 1 million mark. Thank you for your viewing loyalty. I hope you like what I post. I plan to keep posting for you all.

In celebration I am offering up a big fat 30% discount on ALL purchases, your ENTIRE order from Zoot Hair... Go to the product page here. Shop away... Zoot Hair Products, ClipperGuy books, ClipperGuy videos, Flattoppers, etc... at checkout use coupon code "million" (skip the quotes)... This will take a whopping 30% off of your entire order... I m delighted to offer this BIG thank you to all my friends and fans! Even my NEW clipperguy pomade is included...

1 million is a lot of hits for haircutting videos... My biggest volume video is only 200,000 hits... just 20% of the traffic... that meant I have a lot of videos spread over a lot of videos... Not a 1 hit wonder account. This is NOT Charlie bit my finger. This is haircutters coming back oer and over again to enjoy the content. Much appreciated!

1 million hits on youtube - classic taper cut

2013-05-09T08:40:00.001-05:00

I am just 1,019 short of a million as I write this today. Likely the millionth hit will show up later today when the hit counter updates. Thank you to all my followers and friends.

My classic taper haircut series is a newer addition to my channel... A single classic tapered haircut broken down into 13 separate small videos... all the steps, explained and explored. LINK HERE to video #1 of the 13 in the set... watch them all.

Stay tuned for more... I predict the 2nd million views will happen a lot faster then the 1st million did... in spite of massively more content to choose from... The trick is finding better content... and hopefully I am learning a thing or two about content and posting. Please continue to enjoy, watch, comment, post and share my stuff. Much appreciated. Ivan

1,073 views to go to 1 million!

2013-05-07T08:42:00.000-05:00

It could happen today. It might happen today. My 1 millionth view on youtube is right here... and what better way to celebrate than with my greatest hits series...

My clipperguys greatest hits series on youtube is one of my newest… and one of my favorites. I have taken 29 different elements of my live class presentations and captured them in short, fast and fun videos.

These videos are really the core of what I know about the technical aspects of clipper cutting and guy haircutting. They were a blast to shoot as this content and its script are so ingrained in my head form hundreds of live presentations that we shot them all fast and easily… in single takes. If you were to type out the scripts for each one there is a ton of language here and it is an amazing amount of information compacted into just 29 videos. Each one is 2 minutes –ish. They are not long…perfect for what I have learned is the youtube attention span.

I am proud to say I know of schools that use these videos live in their classrooms for teaching students.

In the run up to 1 million views on my clipperguy says youtube channel this series is a nice addition. It will be a cornerstone of the future of the channel. They are too new to have contributed big-time to my 1 million… combined they only have 2,500 ish views right now… but I am willing to bet they will be a very large percentage of my NEXT million views.

LINK HERE to one of the videos in the 29 piece clipperguy greatest hits series.

Thank you for all your views.

Barber shop Hall of fame video series

2013-05-05T07:42:00.000-05:00

The barbershop hall of fame and museum in Canal Winchester, OH is an amazing place… One of my favorite places to visit. I hope you get there one day to see the amazing collection that Ed Jeffers had built. Not everyone can get there… it is just 20 min or so outside of Columbus, OH, but well worth the trip. For those of you who cannot make that pilgrimage… I have created a series of videos shot in the museum taking you through on a tour. It is a pretty amazing place. There are things in this museum I have only seen on books.

I have even made donations to the collection here. I have donated copies of my three 2008 Guinness World haircutting record certificates. I have also donated a clipper from my first Guinness World Haircut record break in 1998.

The curator of the collection, Mike Ipolliti is a great guy who is caring for the collection and seeking a permanent home for it. He would appreciate it if you visited the museum. He would appreciate it if you told friends about it. He would appreciate your donations to help support the museum,

Pulling teeth and bloodletting... LINK HERE to one of the videos in the Barbershop Hall of Fame and Museum series. Watch them all. I hope you enjoy them. This is just another series of videos on my clipperguysays youtube channel that I am sharing as I celebrate my run-up to 1 million video views on my youtube channel. Thank you for all your loyal clicking and watching. Just about 4,000 hits to go to get to the 1 million...

On the way to 1 million views - video series

2013-05-03T20:06:00.001-05:00

I am continuing my blogging in the run up to 1 million views on my clipperguysays youtube channel. I am logging approx 1,000 hits every day… and I have about 5,600 hits to go… so, next week will be the big day.

One element of my youtube channel that I have had fun with is creating some of the video series within my channel… groups of related videos. A great example of these is the set of videos I shot last year in the run up to July 1, National Raise Your Haircut Prices Day in the USA. These were shot on my laptop webcam in my home office. Nothing fancy at all. I shot them every day for a few days in a row… more than a weeks worth. I am getting ready to reblog/repost these for haircutters again this year. The series got a lot of traffic and comment.

LINK HERE to one of the videos in the raise your haircut prices day July 1 series. These are non-technical, business content videos. I am proud of these because if they resulted in even one haircutter raising their prices… How awesome is that? I have helped someone make more money and hopefully improved their life as a direct result.

I am planning a new series for this summer… a business building, non-thechincal series of videos on building your business in selling take-home hair care product to your salon and shop clients. Stay tuned for info and hot links on that series as it rolls out.

Thank you for all the views. You keep watching… I will keep shooting.

My LEAST popular video on Youtube

2013-05-02T10:15:00.001-05:00

In celebrating my run up to 1 million videos on youtube I am sharing reflections on you youtube experiences and lessons learned. Last posting I shared my most popular youtube video. In this posting I will share my least popular youtube video.

I decided I would only quality for this distinct honor videos over one year old as anything younger would not be up long enough to get a fair viewing by my followers and the web’s search capabilities. Also I only qualified videos that were specifically targeted at my hair world audience. I have a few family videos , concert videos from my son at school, etc. that are old enough, but not of any interest to the world of hair… amazingly (or maybe not amazingly) you all have decided that some of my hair videos are of zero interest to the hair world, too. J

I have tried to learn from my hit counts. A video that hits low in popularity likely is either of a subject or presented in a manner that is not of interest to the tribe. Many times I have shifted gears and altered my video style to tweak as I go and learn form the youtube experience.

LINK HERE to my LEAST popular youtube video. Watch it anyways. Learn what I have learned of what you have decided you do NOT want to watch. No surprise… you are NOT interested in commercials. This low interest and low distinction video is a commercial for one of my books. I have videos for all of them. This one is my book for educators and students in cosmetology school. The advertising videos do sell books. Thank you for buying them. The ads are apparently NOT why you look me up on youtube. I will still post the ads as I do get results. I will just not expect the ad posts to go big. Perhaps for my next book ad video I will experiment with how to create a funny ad… or an entertaining ad that sparks interest.

My most popular video on Youtube

2013-04-30T07:40:00.002-05:00

My most popular Youtube video - The run up to my anticipated 1 millionth view...

This video has helped a LOT in getting me to 1 million views on Youtube. This video is knocking on 200,000 views… roughly 20% of my entire hit count on youtube comes from this single video. No surprise it is a bit controversial, too. This video also has the most likes and the most thumbs down, and the most comments of all my videos on youtube… and it is more than just as a percentage of views.

The video is a bit hard to see… and comments reflect that. It is a bit digitized. But it is the content, not the quality that gets people involved. The side fade technique is controversial when I present it live on stages. People take sides about it. They either love and embrace the idea… or they want to fight it. Bottom line, it works. That is why I shared it. Yes it is different from the way most cutters cut a fade… but this technique saves time and makes the process much easier. LINK HERE to see the video for yourself.

I have at least three other videos with different takes on this fade concept. All of them have tracked well in hit count and comments. This is the most popular, but not the best in quality, clarity or execution.

Be that 5 tool guy haircutter...

2013-04-29T23:05:00.001-05:00

... NEW blog post from me at modernsalon.com Have a look and assess your skills for the game.
LINK HERE
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Ivan

The 1,000,000 youtube view milestone

2013-04-28T20:52:00.000-05:00

I am closing in any day now on my 1,000,000th video view on Youtube on my clipperguy says channel. This is a big deal. I really appreciate all my viewers and friends and followers. To mark this milestone I will be posting here to share some key videos and their stories. 1 million is a big deal for hair videos... not the viral kind you see of celebrities and comedy. This has been 1 million views the hard way, 1 at a time, over time.
I appreciate all the comments and feedback. Looking back at my early postings there are real changes... in my hair, in my weight, in my style of posting. Hopefully I have learned what you want to see and am providing that.
below is a link to my 1st every youtube posting. it is a news channel spot on a guest appearance for SportClops... their 400th store grand opening... they are now at 1,027 stores, so this is really some time ago. LINK HERE to the video. This was my first attempt at youtubing.
There is a gap in my posting to this channel as since I set up the andis channel, for some time during my run at andis, I was not posting new material here. To get a feel for my REAL numbers you would actually have to combine my numbers here with the numbers at andis as 99% of what is on their channel is my content. In that case I/we hit 1 million a long time ago... but. This is just me so we will celebrate this success.

ClipperGuy greatest hits video #7 shear-over-comb

2013-04-23T08:14:00.000-05:00

This is the classic technique for tapered haircuts. The unplugged technique for clipperguy. VIDEO HERE. Master this skill for amazing, classic, smooth transitions and shapes.

2013-04-18T22:12:00.002-05:00

This is the Ivan Zoot ClipperGuy greatest hits video #6... comb contrast... kind of a command performance of my first ever youtube video... LINK HERE for new video... LINK HERE for the classic one. Which do you prefer?

ClipperGuy at Premiere Orlando 2013 - Busy and Fun!

2013-04-02T09:17:00.000-05:00

Premiere Orlando 2013 will be chock full of clipperguy education opportunities, thank you Marianna Industries. Not mentioned in the promotional piece included are the 2 added classes, 1 Sunday and 1 Monday... Art of barbering and Fades, Tapers and Trends... These will be a pair of heavily technically focused guy hair cutting classes... also in room 340D... you know the 340 rooms... the barber classrooms all the way over in the top south corner where they always put the barber stuff... yes, those rooms. All my ClipperGuy books and my three new ClipperGuy greatest hits videos will be available for purchase t the events. There will be tons to learn, share and enjoy in sunny central FL!

Teacher / Educator / Trainer education at IBS NYC 2013

2013-04-01T09:31:00.000-05:00

Teacher / Educator / Trainer education at IBS NYC

The 2013 International Beauty Show, New York is coming up in just a few weeks. The show is April 14, 15, 16 at the Jakob Javitz center in NYC. Tuesday will feature presentations and classes specifically presented for cosmetology and barber school teachers, trainers and platform artists.

I am presenting my train-the-trainer program, ClipperGuy Says… Share! at 2 p.m. in room 3D10. This class shares a program all about sharing, presenting and training in the hair business… or in any business for that matter.

This program features the golden nuggets of presentations wisdom I have accumulated in over 20 years as a highly sought after educator and presenter at hair shows throughout the world. You know what to present. This program explores the why, the how, the when and the where.

You will laugh. You will learn. You will be excited to implement this program to explode your learning and expand your training effectiveness.

This is an interactive program. Come prepared to take notes and chime in with your experiences and ideas. Come to learn and share what you have already learned.

Copies of the complete program in digital eBook form will be available for purchase at the class. The class is FREE with your IBS show ticket.

I look forward to meeting you at the class. Come up and say hello and introduce yourself. Lets take your training to the next level at IBS NYC 2013.

Student eduation - International Beauty Show, New York 2103

2013-04-01T09:24:00.003-05:00

Student education at IBS NYC

The 2013 International Beauty Show, New York is coming up in just a few weeks. The show is April 14, 15, 16 at the Jakob Javitz center in NYC. Tuesday, April 16th will feature presentations and classes specifically presented for cosmetology and barber school students.

I am presenting my student program, The ClipperGuy 52 Week Road Map to Cosmetology and Barber School Success at 11 a.m. in room 3D10. This class shares a program for making the most of your time in cosmetology or barber school. Your hours fly by. You want to be ready to take on our industry and run with it the day you graduate. This program offers a way to do just that. It looks to combine the great thing you will get in your schools curriculum with the things you need that your curriculum will not give you… it is sort of a “what they did NOT teach you in school” class. You will laugh. You will learn. You will be excited to implement this program to explode your learning and launch your career.

This is an interactive program. Come prepared to take notes and chime in with your experiences and ideas. Come to learn and share what you have already learned.

Copies of the complete program in digital eBook form will be available for purchase at the class. The class is FREE with your IBS show ticket.

I look forward to meeting you at the class. Come up and say hello and introduce yourself. Lets get your career off and running starting at IBS NYC 2013.

Make me a Macklemore… or a Duck – Guy Hair Trend

2013-03-31T21:47:00.001-05:00

Make me a Macklemore… or a Duck – Guy Hair Trend

My kid came home from college for spring break badly in need of a hair cut. “How do you want it cut?” I asked. “Same as usual”, flattop” he said.

After we got done he mentioned he thinks next time he wants a “Macklemore”. What is a Macklemore? I asked. That is when I was introduced to Macklemore… His music and his hair. I had already heard his big hit song. Maybe not the whole thing, but pieces of it on the radio. I watched the video. Then I popped the guy up on Goodle Images.

I am not sure if Makclemore has set the trend or is just following it but his hair is all about the Military Rockabilly that I have been blogging, demoing and sharing for some time now. Sides clippered tight. Top left long, sides and top disconnected. One of the most exciting things about this Macklemore is that on the first page of Google Images that comes up you can see him wearing the top styles a number of different ways… which is the whole point of the cut… and the primary reason it is hot right now… versatility and flexibility.

Some elements of pop culture clearly set trends. Others appear of follow or be the natural extension or result of other trending issues. Macklemore’s music, that which I have heard, is fresh and fun. His current hit is certainly catchy. So is his haircut.

On the haircut front I see him as a follower, not the trend-setter. When we examine where and how this trend has come about it is bigger than Macklemore and pre-dates his popularity.

Longer top hair for guys has been on the way back for some time. It has been a natural outgrowth (literally) of the ridgeline/fauxhawk trend that precedes it. Short, tapered sides are left over from the fade period when everyone was cutting things close and tight. Close tight fades were tied to all the military inspiration that came about in fashion, etc. as a result of all the U.S. military action worldwide. Top length flexibility is also playing a role in the huge popularity of pomades. Pomades for guys are everywhere. Even I am introducing a new one into my Zoot! Hair brand this April. Variations in hold, shine and performance are fueling big interest in pomades and a willingness on the part of guys to experiment with them. Try a new one, or try a new look with the one you have, use and like. You can try and do more with a bit more hair on top. Chicken and egg? No. Longer top hair came first. Pomade interest followed. We had to figure out how to handle this longer hair and pomades made sense.

Now that wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over military influences are fading fast (pun intended). You could never get away with all that top hair in the service.

The other big guy trend right now is beards and mustaches. Again, this is in direct reflex response to the end of military influence. We all know a Vietnam vet who has long grey hair in a ponytail and a beard. He is still rebelling against the haircut and clean shaved look he had to have back then. Things are no different now. Facial hair interest and acceptance is fueling beard competitions and emphasis on beard maintenance as a part of a haircut visit, weather to a classic barbershop or modern salon. Goatees, soul patches and other unique facial hair patterning has fallen out of fashion in favor of full beards. Not little tightly groomed facial coverage in the form of shadow or scruff. We are talking beards, lengths that fully cover the face. Thick, heavy, bushy beards. Beards that guys are bragging about and competing with each other over. Thank you Duck Dynasty. I am curious to know how all the women fell about all this facial hair.

The current trends in guy hair can be summarized as… clippered sides, disconnected longer tops, and facial hair. Macklemore is in on the trend. The dudes from Duck Dynasty are in on it, too. Lets see where it goes from here and weather they take it somewhere or follow the next wave.

Refelctions on the 2013 ABS Chicago hair show

2013-03-27T09:30:00.002-05:00

Ivan Zoot's latest blog post at Modernsalon.com Reflections on the America's Beauty Show, Chicago 2013. LINK HERE to the blog post. Specific to my guy hair focus these are some impressions I came away with from the show. Please read and share. Thank you. Ivan

ClipperGuy on dvd

2013-03-25T10:52:00.001-05:00

Finally all 3 clipperguy dvds are now available...
Volume #1, videos 1 through 10, volume #2, videos 11 through 20, Volume #3 videos 21 through 29...
Plus all 3 discs contain BONUS business builder videos as a FREE add-on. Buy one at a time or by all 3 as a set! LINK HERE to the product page of my Zoot Hair site to purchase.

clipperguy greatest hits video #5

2013-03-19T19:51:00.002-05:00

Up cutting is the technique featured in my video #5 in my clipperguy greatest hits series. LINK HERE for the video. use this technique to polish and finess your clipper cuts.

Greatest hits video #4 Clipper fluidity

2013-03-16T09:51:00.002-05:00

Here is Ivan Zoot AKA ClipperGuy cutting fluidity video #4 in the greatest hits series. Have a look, share and enjoy. LINK HERE to video.

The Books are here! The Books are here!!!

2013-03-16T09:32:00.001-05:00

The ClipperGuy books published by Marianna have arraived in stock at Marianna and now they are in stock in my inventory as well. Watch me rip into the box! LINK HER to video.

2013-03-16T09:30:00.001-05:00

The secret to a great looking blow-out… the right products. The Zoot Hair Blow Out Pair… Zoot hair Thermal gel and Zoot Hair High Shine Gloss… Mix them in your hand. Apply them in your hair. Soft, smooth and healthy looking finish every time. Nice sized puddle of the thermal gel and 3 to 4 drops if gloss. The Zoot Hair thermal gel protects your hair. The Zoot Hair thermal gel provides medium hold and nice body. The Zoot Hair High Shine Gloss provides shine and softness. The Zoot Hair High Shine Gloss provides smooth brush slip for fast, reduced friction styling. it all adds up to awesome hair.

Crosscutting Vudeo #3 in my greatest hits series

2013-03-15T09:59:00.001-05:00

The ClipperGuy's Greatest Hits of clipper cutting video series rolls on... Video #3, Cross Cutting LINK HERE. Please LIKE and share and comment and tweet and generally use and share it a bunch. Thank you. You watch them... I will keep making them.