Comments on: Highlights From This Weeks Spam http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/ Former Photography Director Rob Haggart Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:39:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: myles http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1107 myles Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:35:29 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1107 I think a lot of you are missing the point here. It comes down to editing - yes, you have to edit your list down to who you market to just like you have to edit down your book to your best shots. Sending out 10000 emails to every person on the masthead - or every name some agency gives you - is a massive waste of time for everyone. If these were printed mailers and not emailers would most of you be sending out 10000 of them? I would hope not - unless I was the USPS. What ever happened to knowing your market? Adbase seems to have their stuff together. You can actually see who is in what position at whatever it is you are looking to target. Some of these other agencies though sound like they are throwing everyone together in the same list. It is also a massive waste of time to use these emailer programs as for the most part they come through the IT filters blank. Even if the art dept does not consider them spam our emailing programs do. I think a lot of you are missing the point here. It comes down to editing – yes, you have to edit your list down to who you market to just like you have to edit down your book to your best shots. Sending out 10000 emails to every person on the masthead – or every name some agency gives you – is a massive waste of time for everyone. If these were printed mailers and not emailers would most of you be sending out 10000 of them? I would hope not – unless I was the USPS.

What ever happened to knowing your market?

Adbase seems to have their stuff together. You can actually see who is in what position at whatever it is you are looking to target. Some of these other agencies though sound like they are throwing everyone together in the same list.

It is also a massive waste of time to use these emailer programs as for the most part they come through the IT filters blank. Even if the art dept does not consider them spam our emailing programs do.

]]> By: casting director http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1106 casting director Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:10:53 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1106 Actually, I thought it was part of your job to look at people's work, just like it's part of my work to do go-sees and see model books and receive emails blasts from agencies. Actually, I thought it was part of your job to look at people’s work, just like it’s part of my work to do go-sees and see model books and receive emails blasts from agencies.

]]> By: Annabel Clark http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1098 Annabel Clark Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:30:10 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1098 So, promoting shows and new work by sending emails to photo editors is considered spam? I thought that's how this whole thing worked. Maybe you can tell us how we should be approaching editors like yourself. So, promoting shows and new work by sending emails to photo editors is considered spam? I thought that’s how this whole thing worked. Maybe you can tell us how we should be approaching editors like yourself.

]]> By: Duncan Kinney http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1094 Duncan Kinney Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:11:52 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1094 Sorry. All I see are Red X's. Sorry. All I see are Red X’s.

]]> By: Lincoln Barbour http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1093 Lincoln Barbour Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:54:08 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1093 Hey! The third one from the top is mine! I didn't know you were on my list. I guess that's because we don't know who you are. :) Here's what your missing: http://www.lincolnbarbour.com/email/071030/ Lincoln Hey! The third one from the top is mine! I didn’t know you were on my list. I guess that’s because we don’t know who you are. :)

Here’s what your missing:
http://www.lincolnbarbour.com/email/071030/

Lincoln

]]> By: myles http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1084 myles Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:56:04 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1084 As far as I know most mailrooms do not use filtering techniques. Unless your latest promo contains white powder or wires it should probably make it to the right person. As far as I know most mailrooms do not use filtering techniques. Unless your latest promo contains white powder or wires it should probably make it to the right person.

]]> By: Adam http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1077 Adam Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:41:27 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1077 x x

]]> By: yet another photographer http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1064 yet another photographer Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:07:18 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1064 It's those evil genius IT departments and their email filtering servers! It’s those evil genius IT departments and their email filtering servers!

]]> By: Olivier Laude http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1059 Olivier Laude Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:37:50 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/31/highlights-from-this-weeks-spam/#comment-1059 Don't you know. That's what spam looks like after it's been clocked in the eye. Don’t you know. That’s what spam looks like after it’s been clocked in the eye.

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