Power of publicity amazes even an ad exec

Business Record (Des Moines), August, 2004 by Donna Tweeten

Ok, I'll confess: I don't read The Wall Street Journal every day. My background is largely on the creative side of the advertising agency business, and I just don't make time for the Journal on my daily reading list. However, 1.6 million people do subscribe to the paper. And it seemed like even more after my office in West Des Moines was featured recently in the paper's "Workspaces" column.

As you may know, that column highlights an unusual office environment every Wednesday. A Journal staff writer--who has one of the best jobs in journalism, in my view--comes to an office, describes what she sees and asks the occupant what he or she sees as well. A photographer captures the space in one to three photos.

At the offices of The Meyocks Group, visitors see a...