Is Decoy Pricing Manipulative?

Decoy pricing is a strategy where a business introduces a third price/product option, purposely chosen because it is not meant to sell well, but rather to make another of the options look like a much better deal. Instead of offering just two choices, a business adds a...

Turning Local Events into Powerful Marketing Opportunities

Here in the Monadnock Region there is an abundance of things-to-do.  It seems there is always an event going on, in fact there are hundreds of them held throughout the year, both large and small.  From the Keene Pumpkin Festival, the Clarence DeMar Marathon, and the...

Meeting Your Audience Where They Are

A consistent theme in our blog posts has centered around media recommendations based on the best way to find and reach your business’s target audience.  Here at Sentinel Solutions, we advocate for a data-informed approach that places our client needs first. Because...

Jam and The Paradox of Choice

The Jam Study by psychologists Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper in 2000 demonstrated the phenomenon of choice overload.  The study found that while a display of 24 jam varieties attracted more interest, shoppers were ten times more likely to buy a jar of jam when...
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