@ Swan - You're very welcome! I'm glad the consulation helped. Like I said, you aren't far off at all but the things we talked about are some of the most important things for keeping your rejection rates low.
I would do some testing by fixing the two main things we talked about and resubmitting another batch. If you still have rejection issues then there's a chance that because of the past rejections they have flagged the account/accounts and won't accept the articles for upfronts in the future because of it.
One thing we've touched on in the past and probably would be a good thing to talk about again, is that if an account has too many rejections in the eyes of the AC reviewers, they can flag the accounts for all future submissions. (no matter how many changes and improvements you've made to the later articles.) I talked about this alot in my book. This is another reason to just consider your accounts "disposable" especially when you're just getting started with AC.
For any of you that are getting a string of rejections coming in, try starting up and submitting to a new account. It could make a big difference in your acceptance rates.
I'll use one person as an example who I've been coaching with. He had some rejections right from the start as he was learning the ropes with AC, I consulted with him and we got his articles more fine tuned to meet AC''s standards. Afterwards he was still getting rejected, so I suggested that his account was flagged due to those first rejections. We had him start a new account and suddenly he was getting $3.75-$4.25 for the exact same quality of articles that had been getting rejected.
@ BH_Manic - Yes mate, It's the same with the news category.
Regards,
Redtide
