Hello. I'm Lisa Taylor, an integrated copywriter of all sorts of stuff. Except vanity license plates. I just don't get the appeal.


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Lisa Taylor Blog Posts for the ‘Other stuff’ Category

Cover letters, nails, and my rejection letter from the office of Edward Boches.

The Cover Letter Customizer, a self-promotion website I created with some awesome friends was nominated for a Webby. I’ve been reaching out to everyone I know (as well as those I don’t) in order to gain some votes for the People’s Voice portion of the Awards. I’ve had some success, but not enough. As of…Read the Rest…

An exercise in promoting my online self promotion online. (Please pardon the word repetition.)

Yesterday I found out that my personal branding website, Lisa Taylor’s Cover Letter Customizer, was nominated in the Personal Blog/Website category at the 16th Annual Webby Awards. Needless to say, as a sole proprietor, my boss is psyched. And I want to thank the creative team who helped give cover letters everywhere some time in…Read the Rest…

It took me thirty years to write this post.

I was diagnosed with diabetes thirty years ago. This month, I started putting all three decades of my experience to good use at Glu, an online community for those touched by type 1 diabetes. While the community portion of the site is in closed beta at the moment, my Thirtysomething and Counting blog posts will…Read the Rest…

The best Instagram pictures look the way memorable moments feel.

Big, beautiful and like potential album cover art.  

A little love for comment function abuse. My blog’s top 6 spam comments.

I truly believe blogs should inspire dialogue, allowing others to easily share and comment on posts, whether they’re a debate about politics or 100% whole wheat vs. multi-grain bread. But the frequency of the spam comments I’ve received the past year or so has made me question the need for the comment function (especially since…Read the Rest…