![]() ![]() But I don't dwell on that I concentrate on the content.' ![]() I get what I get and I'm very thankful for it. 'I don't really concentrate on the money side. The popularity has opened up doors for Stevin John who plans to take a live show on the road I get views from pretty much every country in the world that has YouTube.īlippi has been on the top 100 self published shows on Amazon for six months in a row. ![]() 'It's been the top 100 self published shows on Amazon six months in a row so I'm really proud of that. 'It's crazy how it's grown from the first video which only had a couple of views and of those views a couple of them were me! 'Blippi just hit a billion views on Youtube which is a really cool milestone for me,' he said. John now makes his living from being Blippi - earning money from ad revenue from YouTube, payments from Amazon, which streams his videos, and from merchandise.Īs the brand has grown John has taken on a whole team of people including a business manager, camera crew, musicians and animation teams.Įven John admits he's surprised just how big Blippi has become. John did everything himself for his first few videos, filming, editing and graphics - as well as starring in them.Īnd while his first video only got a couple of hits, John kept going and just three-and-a-half years later he has reached one billion hits on YouTube alone. He said some children act shy and some are starstruck by his presence The 28-year-old Air Force veteran said he enjoys meeting fans at meet in greets. 'My mom sewed the first hat and bow tie together, and I still use that same hat now.' 'I wanted something that I looked presentable in but not a total dufus wearing and something a child would look super adorable wearing, so I settled on jeans, with a button-up shirt, bow tie, orange glasses and suspenders. 'Then I looked at the meaning of colors and narrowed it down to blue - which is trustworthy and orange which is creative. Version one was never published I didn't really think about the science of color or anything I just thought I'd dress up in something colorful and it had polka dots and lightning bolts, stripes - it was very noisy. 'The costume I actually wear now is version two. 'I also remembered babies and toddlers learn to talk from the front of their mouth so I tried to use those kinds of sounds. 'I wanted the shortest names, the most repeating letters as well as happy-sounding. 'For the name I sat down and made up about 800 one word names stuff like 'barboo', 'dindon' 'pingtu'. 'Then I went about creating a name and the outfit. 'I saw my nephew watch videos on YouTube and they weren't the best quality just background music with footage and I thought 'I can do something better than this and it will be fun to create content for him,'' he recalled. When creating the name Blippi, John made up 800 one word names with simple sounds a toddler could mimic (pictured with his girlfriend Alyssa) He began brainstorming ideas about developing a kids character who could travel around making fun educational videos and with the help of his mom - who made his trademark orange and blue costume - Blippi was born - with the first video published on January 27, 2014. It wasn't until his mid-20s when he moved back to his native Ellensburg, Washington that he got the idea of making children's videos after seeing his nephew Hunter, then two, watching poorly-made videos on YouTube. John moved to Los Angeles and began working in internet marketing and video creation for businesses. 'I enjoyed being in the military but I didn't like the idea of eventually having a family and not being with them for months at a time so I did my term and decided not to reenlist.' I got to fly a lot around the nation although I was never deployed. 'C-17 is a cargo aircraft with a crew of three - pilot, co pilot and load master - so I was in charge of balancing the aircraft with tanks, helicopters, pallets of food and all that. When John was creating the name Blippi, he kept in mind how toddlers learn to talk from the front of their mouth ![]()
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