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Guide: Vertical Market Lists

BY Bill Cramer 5 February 2023
Intel, Wonderful Machine News, Guide

Keeping track of all the most important clients around the world is the single most valuable thing we do to help our photographers. And since there are millions of companies out there, we divide them into smaller, more manageable categories so we can conduct our research efficiently and so we can concentrate on clients that photographers care about most.

We’re gradually rolling out pre-built lists of clients called Verticals, where we can provide lists that target a specific vertical market at a significant discount compared to our custom-built lists.

Years ago, when we first started collecting client information, we simply assigned them Specialty keywords identifying the kind of photography they used. But as we gained experience, we realized that it would be useful to divide clients by Type: Publications, Agencies, and Brands (we currently track 3137 publications, 5629 agencies, and 11,795 brands). That allowed us to research those companies more effectively, because we find them using different sources and we have different criteria for evaluating them. And when we add people to each of those companies, the company type helps inform our choices around job titles and messaging.

Next, we divided those types into sub-types that we call Industries. Since publications and agencies are particularly important to photographers, we devised our own custom list of industries. However, because there are so many brands, and since every company has a LinkedIn profile, we simply assign the industry that shows up on LinkedIn to each of the brands we track (LinkedIn provides over 150 Industry tags that companies can use to identify themselves).

While those LinkedIn industries have given us a framework to do a lot of valuable research over the years, since LinkedIn’s list of industries is geared towards a general audience and because companies often make arbitrary choices from that menu, those industries don’t always yield the exact client lists our photographers need (without a lot of additional curation). That brings us to Verticals. Verticals (short for vertical markets) are a more photographer-specific version of our Industry tag. The reason this is so useful is because if a photographer finds success with any one client, it’s likely that they’ll match up well with other clients in that same Category.

For example, one of our photographers, Teri Campbell is a highly skilled and experienced food photographer in Cincinnati. One of the Categories he targets is QSRs, which stands for Quick Service Restaurants (fast-food chains to you and me). Since QSR isn’t a LinkedIn’s Industry, we have to find lists of QSRs in restaurant industry publications or on Wikipedia.

Since we’re now in the process updating all of our companies with this new tag, we’d love to hear from you. What verticals do you care about?

By sharing your priorities with us, it will help us target the right clients that we promote Wonderful Machine to in general, and it will also help us provide cost-effective lists that you can buy. Here’s our current list of Verticals that we’re working on. Please email me with your suggestions for additional Verticals that you think we should be covering.

Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

Architecture

  • Architecture Firm
  • Interior Design Firm
  • Landscape Architecture Firm

Art Museum

Automotive

  • Car Company
  • Car Parts
  • Motorcycle Company
  • Rental Cars
  • Truck Company

Beverages

  • Beer Brand
  • Liquor Brand
  • Wine Brand/Vineyard

Chemical Company

Drug Maker

Education

  • Colleges (inside US)
  • Colleges (outside US)
  • Prep School

Fashion

  • Accessories Brand
  • Athleisure Brand
  • Fast Fashion Brand
  • High Fashion Brand
  • Jewelry Brand
  • Kids Fashion Brand
  • Lingerie Brand
  • Outdoor Apparel Brand
  • Shoe Brand
  • Sneaker Brand
  • Watch Brand

Financial Services

  • Bank
  • Insurance Company
  • Wealth Management Company

Firearms Brand

Food

  • Dairy Brand
  • Grocery Store Chain

Furniture Brand

Gaming

  • Casino
  • Online Gambling Brand
  • Video Game Company

Healthcare

  • Medical Device Companies

Hospitality

  • Airlines
  • Cruise Line
  • Hotel Chain
  • Visitor’s Bureau/Tourism Office

NGO

Non-Profit

Outdoor

  • Retailer
  • Equipment

Personal Care

  • Cosmetics & Skin Care Brands
  • Fragrance
  • Hair Color & Shampoo brands

Pet Product Brand

Restaurant

  • Fast Casual Restaurant (FCR)
  • Full Service Restaurant (FSR)
  • Quick Service Restaurant (QSR)

Retail

  • Department Store Chain

Shipping

Sports

  • Golf Product Brand
  • MLB Team
  • NBA Team
  • NFL Team
  • NHL Team

Vacation Rental


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