The Power Book 2023

Doing Business? Get a Grip

Editor-in-Chief & Publisher Joe Sweeney | JSweeney @ Ingrams.com Managing Editor Dennis Boone | Editorial @ Ingrams.com Senior Editor Jack Cashill | JCashill @ Ingrams.com Director of Sales Michelle Sweeney | MSweeney @ Ingrams.com Art Director Traci Faulk | Production @ Ingrams.com Associate Staff Researcher Colin Lobdell | OnLine @ Ingrams.com

The first step to a business relationship is solid information. Here it is.

Successful business isn’t just about having the best product at the best price, or superior services. Long before you get to the point of sale, some strategic thinking is in order regarding the end user: Who’s my buyer? Who needs the service I provide? The next step to success invariably starts with access. And that means identifying the right companies to target, understanding their business models and their business needs and—this is key—knowing the right person to receive your marketing message. The information you need to discern each of those goals is very neatly packaged in Ingram’s annual Power Book, with our Book of Leads & Lists, which you hold in your hand. We like to think of this publication, among all the others we produce each year, as The Sales Bible. Each page, each business sector, covers chapter and verse the leading enterprises in a thriv ing regional market comprising more than 75,000 businesses in the Kansas City region alone, serving the needs of 2.2 million consumers. Most of these lists are ranking sets derived from specific metrics— annual revenues, enrollments, employment levels and the like; in a few instances where metrics aren’t available, we offer rosters of key companies working in given sectors. What’s the value of business intelligence? Depends on how you apply it. But the organizational fundamentals that economist Vilfredo Pareto codified into the principle that bears his name tell us that 80 percent of almost any group’s measurables are controlled by 20 percent of the pop- ulation base being measured. There’s a reason why the biggest organiza- tions listed herein are potential success factors for your own interests. They make the market in their respective business sectors. This information in much greater abundance, depth and breadth is available through Ingram’s . We can deliver data digitally without the con straints of a printed page’s dimensions. That will mean even more access, even more potential connections, and, we hope, even more success for your own organization. Ingram’s researchers are in the process of expanding our ranking lists, industry directories and contact records throughout both states of Missouri and Kansas. We’re confident that you and your colleagues will benefit by accessing this first-hand updated and compiled data. Consider this the starting point for expanding your client and prospect strategic list. Then go out there and start shaking hands.

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