true north [noun]  authentic,  real,  truth,  genuine,  accurate,  core values


TRUE NORTH INSIGHTS  digs into perceptions, attitudes, and motivations to find out how your prospects think, feel and behave.  What do they think about your product or service?  Your competition?  What will boost their likelihood to buy more of your product, and even refer it to others?  How does your staff view their role in the company; what are their expectations and perceptions?  Really, it's ultimately about increasing your market share and sales.

Our Service
We uncover your prospects' "True North" — their core values and beliefs — so you know exactly where you fit into their lives, and how you can optimize your brand, offerings and marketing initiatives to better resonate and connect with them.  We explore your internal and external brand to help you refine your messaging and assure that your brand is aligned for optimal performance.

Our Mission
It is our fervent belief that successful, sustainable businesses are founded on deep knowledge of their constituencies. Thriving companies understand their internal teams' and customers' likes, dislikes, wants, needs, fears, motivations and aspirations — and they use these insights in everything from product development to marketing communication and business strategy.

What We Do
From questionnaire design and focus group facilitation to final report — it is our passionate intention to provide you with usable, actionable intelligence.  Our great pleasure is knowing that our findings are being put to immediate use toward growing your business.




We love knowing what's going on in people's hearts and minds on all
kinds of issues, so we have a Web Poll (responses are anonymous)
that will change regularly.  See how your thoughts and opinions
compare to others visiting this site!








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What is your outlook for 2010?
It's gonna be a great year!
Slow and steady growth
About the same as last year
Dismal - things are going to be worse
No idea - ask me again in June