Adbase Promo Mailing - Who should I send to?

[Micah Diamond]

I recently had a pretty elaborate batch of custom promos designed for me and I would now like to start sending them out to prospective clients. I've used 'Adbase' in the past, but it was several years ago since I last did so, and I wanted to check to see if anyone might want to offer some suggestions as to who I should send my promos to (job position; industry; as well as any specific companies anyone wants to recommend; etc...)?

The promos are meant to highlight my photographs created during a recent 4-month foreign travel gig that I was hired to shoot. They are designed to resemble the actual Passports for each of six different countries I visited on my travels.

I had 500-pieces printed for each of the six countries, and I plan on targeting a total of 500 prospective clients and sending them each all six promos (spacing it out a bit by mailing out a promo once every 2-3 months) - the idea being repetitive marketing to ingrain my work in the heads of my prospective clients. The fact that these custom promos cost me a small fortune to have made makes it especially important to me that I send them out to the right people.

As far as work I've done in the past and work I would like to do in the future...I've worked as a freelance photographer for the last 8 years (a portion of my resume appears below for more specifics about my past work). Ideally, I would like to target galleries, book publishers, editorial clients... but the harsh reality of today's recession-economy is that I am totally open to working for whomever can help put food on my plate...in other words, I am totally open to any suggestions that anyone might have as far as whom I should consider targeting...

Anyone willing to lend a helping hand and point a guy in the right direction?

Thanks!


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Clients, Awards, & Exhibits

Editorial:
• Marie Claire
• Men's Health
• Billboard
• etc…

Galleries:
• National Press Club in Washington, D.C. [Group show]
• Farmani Gallery in Los Angeles [Group show]
• The Thomas Werner Gallery in New York City
• The Soho Photo Gallery in New York
• The Photo District Gallery in New York
• Benaroya (Symphony) Hall in Seattle

Awards:
• Communication Arts Photography Annual 2004
• Photo District News (PDN) Photography Annual 2004
• ASMP Image ’04 Photography Annual 2004

Other:
• Harper Collins UK Publisher
• Advertising for The Gen Arts Film Festival in New York
• The Discovery Channel: ‘Travel & Living’
• etc...