Happy Friday everyone!

Welcome to the “weekly round-up” post from our ever-growing community of bloggers, writers, vloggers, podcasters, and other content creators. Each and every week we hand-pick five top posts from a pool of the highest voted user-submitted/created posts in the community and include them in this weekly “listicle” blog post, along with the newsletter for all of our blog subscribers.

Here are this week’s (Nov 18 – Nov 24, 2017) most valuable posts from the /t/BES content creators community:

1. Why Some People Succeed (And Others Don’t)
“Recently, while at a speaking event, someone in the audience asked me the following question: “Have you ever seen someone come close to breaking through but then not succeeding? What is the difference between those who make and those who don’t?…”

2. Spam Is Back
“For a while, spam — unsolicited bulk messages sent for commercial or fraudulent purposes — seemed to be fading away. The 2003 CAN-SPAM Act mandated unsubscribe links in email marketing campaigns and criminalized attempts to hide the sender’s identity…”

3. Why You Shouldn’t Do Keyword Research For Your Blog Posts
“Researching the right keyword for a blog post is often the first step taken when writing. We’ve been told for years that we need to find the right keywords if we want any shot at ranking high in the SERPs. We need to get the right keywords if we want our content to be relevant…”

4. Medium Has Stopped Offering New Custom Domains For Publications And Blogs
“On November 16, 2017, Medium posted an update saying “Medium is currently pausing offering new custom domains for publications as a feature. If you already have a custom domain on Medium, nothing will change for you for the foreseeable future…”

5. My Content Is A Mindset!
“If you are confused by some of what I say on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, iTunes, Medium etc. you should read this article on why mindset matters. Everyday I put out content around the 25-47 themes I continually express…”

That’s all folks! You can view all the rest of the community’s top submissions here. (14 more)

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