HIGHLIGHTS • The Essentials of Professionalism w/ Antonio Estrada
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
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Antonio Estrada @antonioestradahair shares his journey from a small town in New Mexico to becoming a successful hairdresser and salon owner in Arizona. We discuss the significance of enhancing client experience, as well as the imortance of professionalism & setting boundaries with clients.
This Week's Topics:
- Antonio's Journey to Hairdressing
- Enhancing Client Experience at Cast Salon
- Empathy in Service
- Balancing Professionalism and Personal Relationships
- Redefining the Hairdressing Profession
- Navigating Emotional Boundaries with Clients
- Setting Professional Boundaries in Conversations
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| 0:00.0 | These are the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:09.1 | Hey everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | Salon Republic has a new location opening soon in Philadelphia. |
| 0:16.6 | So if you're in the area, go to Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio at the Hairgame podcast. |
| 0:22.2 | You can book a virtual tour. |
| 0:24.0 | We'll show you around the space what it's going to look like. |
| 0:27.1 | And you can get dibs, first dibs, on your new hair home. |
| 0:31.0 | All right, on to our episode with Antonio Estrada. |
| 0:34.7 | If anything, we didn't have enough time for everyone. |
| 0:38.2 | So once I do agree with you that client experience wasn't really priority until recently. |
| 0:46.9 | And I've seen it in the industry and I've seen it through TikToks and people saying, |
| 0:51.9 | where can I get a quality blow dryer? |
| 0:53.7 | Where can I get a good experience? |
| 0:55.0 | I don't mind paying for it, but I need someone to, like, care and give me a good experience. |
| 1:00.0 | So for me, client experience has always been number one. |
| 1:03.5 | And I feel like that's why I've been able to do very well and make money and kind of, you know, |
| 1:08.7 | have clients for 13 years because consistent, |
| 1:11.5 | I'm like reliable. I'm always there when I say I'm going to be there. I just work with them. |
| 1:16.0 | I think you go wrong, stuff like that. But now that I'm a salon owner, we are about to go in three |
| 1:22.1 | years, owner of Cast Salon and North Phoenix. We've noticed for our first year, when we were doing these calls and we were checking on |
| 1:31.9 | clients, we're realizing that they're not seeing like the value and getting their hair done |
| 1:37.9 | at cast. |
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