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Hi, my name is Julie Henley, the VP of Product for Demand Studios. In an effort to enhance your experience with Demand Studios, our product and development teams work very closely with our editorial and community teams to roll out new features on a weekly basis.

We know you’ve been asking for insight into your ratings, and as a result, we’ve developed the Writer Scorecard. We are extremely excited to announce that we will unveil this new Scorecard tomorrow, July 29.

Below is a preview of the three sections in the new Scorecard:

Article Ratings for Grammar and Research

    * Every article you’ve written since May 2009 has been rated by the copy editor.

    * Once you have submitted at least five articles, we’ll present your average rating in two areas: grammar and research.

    * The average rating not only tells you exactly where you stand but also helps you track your progress over time.


Article Submission Information

    * The second section of the page displays data about the net result of any article submission.

    * We break out the number articles that have been approved (with and without rewrite requests), rejected and flagged for plagiarism.

    * We provide detailed data on the number of rewrite requests you receive.

    * You can now monitor how many rewrite requests are completed and successfully approved versus how many are abandoned.

    * This new feature offers visibility into everything you’ve written.


NOTE: We really encourage our writers to complete rewrite requests. Doing so not only helps keep our CE queues down and streamlines our production process, but it improves your writing capabilities as well.


Productivity

    * The last section allows you to track your productivity by providing reports on your approved articles.

    * You can easily find how many approved articles you have written in any given week since you started writing for Demand Studios.

    * We hope this helps set goals as to what you wish to complete in a week and encourages you to submit a few more articles and add to that weekly paycheck.


Remember, you are the only member of the community who can see your Scorecard. The ratings are provided by CEs on each article, but the CE cannot see your overall averages.
 
As we’ve said, the new Scorecard should make your lives a lot easier. Every step of the way, you now have a clear understanding of exactly where you stand. You can track your progress and if necessary, make adjustments to your writing. We hope you find the information you’ve been asking for from the Scorecard.
 
Please keep the feedback coming, and we will continue to work hard to develop new features and better your success with Demand Studios.

Thanks,
Julie