- 614 Seymour was built 1901.
- In the basement, there is a dirt room used for storage; on more than one occasion, a dark spirit has been spotted there.
- M3 team members post weekly to our blog, keeping friends and followers in the loop.
- Every employee has a favorite pen brand.
- There are several bottomless candy dishes throughout the office.
- The staff participates in frequent ice cream runs in the summer.
- All employees are categorized by one of four types of birds: peacock, dove, eagle or owl.
- The men of the house typically work on the third floor offices.
- Monday mornings are team meetings; Thursday mornings are brainstorming.
- Good food goes fast. First come, first served.
- Bad food goes fast, too. Second come gets the bad food.
- M3 once covered its parking lot with sand for a blizzard beach party — Tiffany can testify to the challenges of keeping a blizzard tent cold on the hottest day of the year.
- Our creativity is often fueled by donuts.
- The 3D version of our mascot, Aha, was made from a toilet seat cover. The perfect color of teal!
- We squeeze a squeaking giraffe when meetings get off topic.
- 614 Seymour magically expands in correlation with M3’s growth to make room for new employees.
- Falling down the third floor staircase isn’t as bad as it looks — until you run out of steps.
- M3 subscribes to Advertising Age, Communication Arts, The Greater Lansing Business Monthly and several other publications.
- Many of the decorative details of 614 Seymour — the pink bathroom tiling, the elaborate fireplace — are original Victorian work.
- We all have 80s music stuck in our heads from the CAWLM 80s Flashback Fundraiser; Anna is the only one who lets it out.
- Sometimes our media invites include fresh hot dogs or picket fencing.
- The original molding contains several secret doors and hiding places.
- Every day is crazy.
- Pets are welcome at work any time. Many have become members of the team.
- We sometimes have to double park cars in our parking lot.
- You can always count on the team to make it happen … day after day.
- M3 publishes Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine (CAWLM).
- Every issue of CAWLM’s third year is framed and hung in the office at 610 Seymour.
- M3 works hard, plays hard and creates big ideas.
- We have a mechanical engineer running the marketing and graphic design department. Joni rocks the casbah.
- The third floor is haunted (and yes, Julie can vouch for this).
- Our coat closet is on the third floor (great spot for a coat closet, we know), and is affectionately referred to as “the dorm room”; Julie petitioned to move in when she was still at MSU.
- Some of us are Macs and some of us are PCs.
- We have a small collection of board games; Scattergories gets the most use.
- We once counted how many marshmallows were in a box of Lucky Charms, then helped to donate more than 85 boxes of cereal to the Greater Lansing Food Bank in partnership with the Lansing Breakfast Club.
- The south window in Tiffany’s office rattles violently when the wind blows.
- Anna, Emily, Julie and Kelly make up the Special PRops team at M3.
- Everyone at M3 wants to kick their Brother (don’t worry, it’s just the temperamental second floor printer).
- Our company vehicle is often toting a big fish around to various locations to delight children in the community.
- M3 grew out of its office in 2009. We had to commandeer 610 (the building next door).
- We have a puzzle map of the United States. The state of Maine is missing.
- We have anywhere from three to five talented interns with us each semester. We love their hip ideas and can-do attitudes.
- Our team concierge, Julia, doubles as the office florist.
- There’s a hole under the rug in the parlor.
- The fan on the third floor moves frequently and is often coveted during the hot summer months.
- M3’s parking lot doubles as a lake after a rainstorm.
- Julie (”Eagle Eye”) and Julia (”Watch Dog”) are the resident parking lot enforcers.
- Wood floors at 614 Seymour can be slippery even when only steam-cleaned.
- Unexpected breakfast burritos are the best any day of the week.
- White/bulletin boards and filing cabinets outnumber M3 employees at 614 Seymour, because our big ideas simply cannot be contained by a mere one per employee.
- Extra umbrellas are always available on the first floor … for brainstorming meetings that get exceptionally wild.
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