Tuesday 16 February 2010

Barbie says 'It's cool to be geeky!'

Barbie has ventured into the realms of IT. Armed with her laptop, spectacles and sensible footwear, she is more than prepared for a career in Information Technology as reported in this BBC News article.

And knit4dolls are going to help her, and all the would-be geeks out there. We are bringing out a knitting pattern for a 'geeky' Barbie outfit, so that girls everywhere can see that all Barbie dolls, everywhere, can become leaders in the field of IT.

Obviously girls don't need special clothes to branch into IT, but they do need motivation, and an awareness that, whatever jeers might be thrown their way, they are free, and more than able to tackle any role they choose to embark on in life.

Saturday 6 February 2010

Action Man is advancing up the rankings...



knit4dolls does very well in Google searches involving knitting such as: action man knitting patterns. Searches for Action Man alone would produce nothing... I would give up looking after the first 30 pages, long after any potential visitors would have endured.

However it seemed to me that some people might be more inclined to buy my knitting patterns whilst they were in the market for the Action Man toy itself. So I determined to 'tap' into the toys market. After adjusting my keywords and phrases, and their positioning within the content of my website pages, I was delighted to see that searches for Action Man alone now produced entries on page 10 of SERPs, and on page 4 for Action Man clothes.

Look here for some of the possible combinations of clothing that are available for you to knit.

It also seemed to me that some people might be more inclined to buy an Action Man if they knew that there were knitting patterns available to make clothes for him, but that's another story... unless a toy company thinks likewise!

Monday 1 February 2010

A great video of HM Armed Forces toys... in action!

Here is a shared video of HM Armed Forces action toys from http://www.character-online.com/



And here are some of the outfits that you can knit from our knitting patterns: http://bit.ly/HMAFclothes