I am new to this area of work and come from the advertising side, where we give nothing away.
I have found the Actor/Model headshot market to be very unconcerned with usage and reproduction rights. I would suggest calling some of your local competition and see what they are doing. Choose those who appear successful and whose work you admire and can do as well or better than work. It is likely you will be competing for the same customer base so it would help, if they hear the same story from all of you.
I would say self promotion, whether it is advertising them or a project they are involved with, is OK. Greeting cards, or other usage, no.
ALL usage would be dependent on providing copyright or "photo by" notice with each publication or advertising rates apply. Offer as part of your package, a 4x5, 5x7 crop with the copyright symbol embedded. That way, they can't say, they clipped it only to make it fit the format needed.
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