Good day everyone!

Welcome to the “weekly round-up” post from our ever-growing community of bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and other content creators. 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 most valuable posts from the /t/BES content creators community:

1. The Learning Curve
“About 4 months have passed since I jumped on to the ‘Imma be a blogger too’ bandwagon. For a quarter-life-crisised 24 year old, it has been equal parts fun and horribly trying. And I have not even been an out and out optimist to start with, so this coming from me is big…”

2. You’re Wasting Your Spare Time And It’s Killing Your Success
“Time, for me, is like ice cream for a five-year-old. I treat time like I treat a beautiful woman — with respect. This sweetheart called time is a scarce resource that we’re all taking for granted. We piss our time up against the wall like it’s nothing…”

3. 30 Influencers Share How They Got Their 1st 1000 Subscribers
“One of the biggest challenges for new bloggers is getting their first email subscribers. While getting the first 1000 subscribers can be tough, I’ve found that list growth comes much easier and more naturally once you reach that point…”

4. Lessons From The CIA’s Classified Guide To Good Writing
“The CIA, like all government agencies, produces a huge amount of paperwork. Faced with this quantity of paper, the CIA published a classified collection of essays that was aimed at improving the literary quality of the documents that the Agency was creating…”

5. Travel Blogger Gets Brutally Roasted For Fake ‘Photoshopped’ Instagram Photos
“A popular travel, beauty and fashion blogger, Amelia Liana, resorted to photoshopping and editing her pictures to grab attention. However, the stunt backfired and she was caught. Moreover, Liana had to face a lot of flak online…”

That’s all folks! Tune in next Friday for another great list that you won’t want to miss! Be sure to subscribe our newsletter if you’d like them emailed to you on a weekly basis, and join the /t/BES community if you would like to participate with other fellow content creators!