http://wknofm.org en http://wknofm.org/post/sip-or-suck-question <p>Soda straws have been with us for a hundred-and-twenty-five years. The first patent was issued in Eighteen-Eighty-Eight. And you used to get one at soda fountains for fountain Cokes and milk shakes.</p><p>How is it that all of a sudden, even in nice restaurants, a glass of ice-water comes with a soda straw stuck in it? I don’t ask for a straw. Yet, every cold beverage arrives with a soda straw. Why is this?</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:40:00 +0000 John Malmo 29239 at http://wknofm.org To Sip, Or To Suck: That Is The Question http://wknofm.org/post/water-and-music-top-sales-charts <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">When I think about all the inventions and discoveries in my lifetime, it’s mind-boggling. Plastic. Television. Computers. Cell Phones. Jet airplanes. Color photography.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">And that doesn’t scratch the surface.</span></p><p>But I believe the most extraordinary marketing successes have been achieved for two products that are centuries old: drinking water and music.</p> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:36:00 +0000 John Malmo and Justin Willingham 20662 at http://wknofm.org Water And Music Top The Sales Charts