How do I raise my Upfront Payment?

I keep getting 2.85 for every article. No more no less....

How do I raise the value of my articles being submitted? Anyone know? Greatly appreciated!

I'm not doing AC anymore, but I can give you some tips:

1. Write articles about upcoming holidays.

2. Write articles in niches that are not saturated yet. For instance, Cake Decorating, Home Brewing, Car Repairs and Kayaking articles gave me $4+ each article. Considering that I submitted 10 of each, then that was an easy $40 each topic. Don't expect these topics to be $4 until now though.

3. Somebody suggested that higher clouts will lead to higher payouts.

4. http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...ips-someone-making-5-50-7-50-per-article.html

I am looking for the answer as well.

All I do Is "How to" articles and I get $4.45 up front on everyone

how long are your articles usually?

I am assuming your articles are about 400 words? Cheers