{"id":42,"date":"2013-01-20T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/matthewrusk\/?p=42"},"modified":"2013-01-20T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T17:55:16","slug":"week-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/matthewrusk\/2013\/01\/20\/week-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JD Solis<\/strong> were the student business find of the week! Ran by Alex O\u2019Mahony-Zed, Nathaniel Rankin and Samuel Cooledge this premium operation began in summer 2012 as the three Exeter University students saw an opportunity in the polo lifestyle market.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing a simple but stylish polo belt, made in the colours of your polo team, the belts sold extremely well during the summer months at numerous polo tournaments! Targeted at the polo audience rather than the players themselves this high-end market enables a tasty margin on each belt sold.<\/p>\n<p>With a great marketing strategy, namely trying to encourage the players themselves to wear the belts through sponsorships and giveaways to make them desirable to the audience (a common business strategy for sportswear brands), the trio successfully built up JD Solis as a polo brand and are now looking to bring this success across to their online sales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-43 \" title=\"JD Solis\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/matthewrusk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/613\/2013\/02\/Untitled2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JD Solis &#8211; Polo Belts!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week also saw a few fantastic developments for MGR Music \u2013 this week the final website designs for the Singing Lessons Location, Piano Lessons Location and Drum Lesson Location have come through!<\/p>\n<p>Andy of <a href=\"https:\/\/1010media.co.uk\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1010 Media<\/a> has yet again done an amazing job creating extremely professional website templates that we have already started building this week. Check them out below!<\/p>\n<p>Already finished are the <a href=\"https:\/\/pianolessonsglasgow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piano Lessons Glasgow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/musicteacher.com\/drum-lessons-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drum Lessons York<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/singinglessonsnottingham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singing Lessons Nottingham<\/a>\u00a0website thanks to MGR Music Tuition\u2019s team of student copy writers &#8211; it is now over to me to find some teachers!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicteacher.com\/piano-lessons-aberdeen\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48 \" title=\"Piano Lessons Aberdeen\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/matthewrusk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/613\/2013\/01\/Untitled3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final Piano Lessons Location Templates!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Connect with Matthew via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthew-rusk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> or via his <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskysubscription.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whisky Subscription<\/a> club, a club for entrepreneurs to meet while enjoying the taste of a few drams of whisky to break the ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Solis were the student business find of the week! 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