Happy Friday (and Holidays) 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 (Dec 23 – Dec 29, 2017) most valuable posts from the /t/BES content creators community:

1. Failure Isn’t Really Failure
“I’m a photographer that loves to write. A few years ago, my photography began to transition from something more easily categorized as a hobby into a business. I began taking photos of important moments for people…”

2. ‘I Came, I Saw, I Selfied’: How Instagram Transformed The Way We Experience Art
“Immersive exhibits, such as “Infinity Mirrors” and Artechouse, are driving people to museums in search of the perfect snapshot. The craze is changing the way we experience art in the Instagram-era…”

3. Video: “Start Off By Making Your Bed” – Speech By William McRaven, US Navy Admiral
“If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task… and another… and another…”

4. The $1.80 Instagram Strategy To Grow Your Blog, Business or Brand
“A lot of you that follow me have been asking for the strategy regarding how to grow your Instagram account. So here it is. This is by far one of the most practical pieces of content I have ever produced…”

5. 11 Eye-Popping Web Design Trends You Can Expect To See In 2018
“We’re approaching the end of 2017, which means I get to write my favorite article of the year: web design trends you can expect to see in the coming year. Below are the top 11 web design trends that I anticipate…”

That’s all folks! You can view all the rest of the community’s top submissions (11 more) here.

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