As we continue to develop for Mobile as a priority (“Mobile First”), it helps to be constantly aware of what your mobile visitors are looking at when they find you in search results or what they are looking at when they see your site. But, you don’t have to whip out your iPhone or Android […]
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Amazon Cloud Drive: A GREAT back-up storage solution
I am very impressed with Amazon Cloud Drive’s latest roll-out. In a prior article, I discussed my family’s personal photo/video storage system. And, Amazon was nowhere in that mix. All of that recently changed. Here are some of the latest changes to its Cloud Drive app: Upload photos and videos from your camera roll. Upload […]
Plex: The Perfect Home Media Server Solution
This is an extension to some recent posts I did. Last week, I discussed the perfect media solution for your car. And, I discussed a great DVD ripper to help you get all of those useless DVD’s onto a hard drive. To complement those efforts, it’s great when you are able to leverage some of your […]
Best DVD Ripper for Your Kids’ Movies
If you are like me, you have a ton of DVD’s sitting around. Some of them are scratched up. Some can’t be found. You find a case, but who knows where the DVD is? And, you may have 3 TV’s and only one DVD player. As we move toward a more digital world, what can […]
Building a Family Media Server for Your Car
Prior to our recent trip to Colorado, I tackled one of our family’s most pressing issues – giving kids video options when going down the road! With one DVD player for 3 kids, I made a decision last year that I would find some solution so that one kid could use to watch Barbie movies while […]
Google Photos and OneDrive: A Great Solution for your Family Media
I take a lot of family pictures and I do a lot of videos. And, recently, I migrated my family’s media system. I kicked Dropbox to the curb and went with OneDrive. Microsoft OneDrive does a fantastic job with providing a variety of ways to share files. And, the display is fantastic. Meanwhile, in case […]
Phil’s Favorite SEO Tools
Backlink Tracking Ahrefs (https://www.ahrefs.com) Keyword and Competitive Intelligence Majestic SEO (http://www.majesticseo.com) SEMRush (http://www.semrush.com) On-page Intelligence Onpage.org (http://www.onpage.org) Crawling Deep Crawl (https://www.deepcrawl.com): Screaming Frog (http://www.screamingfrog.com) Assorted and valuable SEO tools Jim Boykin Tools (http://freetools.webmasterworld.com/) Spyonweb (http://www.spyonweb.com) Page Speed checkers Web Page Test (Desktop): (http://www.webpagetest.org/) Google PageSpeed Insights (Mobile): (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) URI Valet (Desktop and Mobile) (https://urivalet.com) Think […]
Trail West Younglife Camp 2015 Ayres Family Trailer
Just got back from Trail West in Buena Vista, Colorado (July 19-26). We had a great time. Lots of adventure. Tons of fun. Trailwest is a great place to go for a family vacation.
About Phil Ayres
Phil Ayres is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nobilis Health in Dallas, TX. Prior to Nobilis Health, I was the Director of Marketing for Travelocity.com in Dallas, TX. And, before that, I was the Director of Digital Marketing at Hotels.com - also in Dallas.