When they ghost after saying yes

When they ghost after saying yes

Editor says "sounds great, send it!" — then vanishes when you do. Classic.

Don't re-pitch. Don't grovel. I send the draft as a Google Doc with comment access and ONE line: "Left it open for edits — yours to tweak."

Giving them control instead of a finished demand flips it. They feel ownership, they hit publish.

Recovered 4 dead placements this quarter with the open-doc move. The friction was "I have to deal with this," so I removed it.

Make saying yes effortless. Go do it.