Why Bart Shoots a Series Instead of Ordinary Ads
Today, Prague has many barbershops. Stylish ones, strong ones, high-quality ones. Competition is growing, clients are becoming more selective, and content on social media is faster, louder, and often very similar.
We realized one simple thing: if we only filmed trendy videos, repeated popular formats, and said, “Come get a haircut,” it would no longer be enough. That kind of content disappears quickly in the feed. People may watch it, maybe even like it, but they rarely remember it.
So at some point, we decided to take a risk.
We chose to invest more into marketing than an average medium-sized business would usually plan. Not because it was easy. But because we understood that if we wanted to grow, we could not simply show a barbershop. We had to build a world around Bart.
That is how one of our first major and most challenging projects was born — a mini-series about Bart Barbershop.
Episodes of our mini-series — on our Instagram
The idea was not to create a typical advertisement. We wanted to create a story. Characters people could remember. An atmosphere that felt different from standard content. Episodes where our characters find themselves in different situations, argue, joke, solve problems, face absurd moments — and through all of that, reveal Bart itself.
Instead of direct selling, we chose another path: first attention, then interest, then trust.
Our characters became a more natural way to speak to our audience. Through them, we show our products, services, atmosphere, team character, and the unique details of the barbershop. Not in a dry way, and not by saying “we are the best in the city,” but through stories filled with humor, energy, and a recognizable style.
Within six months, this approach helped us attract more than two thousand clients. But for us, something else matters even more: people did not just start seeing Bart in ads. They started recognizing our style, our characters, our humor, and our character.
You can watch the episodes of our mini-series on our Instagram.
This is where we are gradually building what we call the Bart Universe — a place where the barbershop meets cinema, humor, and urban culture.
And this is only the beginning.
We do not plan to stop. Ahead of us are new creative projects, new formats, new ideas, and new ways to speak to our audience. Because for us, Bart is not just a chair, clippers, and a good fade.
Bart is a brand with character.
And character cannot be shown through ordinary advertising.