5-Hour Energy collected your sleepy selfies for Spring

By Digiday • March 11, 2014 •

Yesterday, as people were groggily rolling out of bed and coming to terms with the fact that they had lost an hour, 5-Hour Energy asked tired Twitter users to show their faces. The tireder the better:

Lost an hour & don’t know how you’ll drag yourself to work today? #ShowUsYourTiredFace & you could win a 6pack! pic.twitter.com/UXD4wROYFC

— 5-hour ENERGY® (@5hourenergy) March 10, 2014

“We realized that it’s the Monday after that hurts,” said Melissa Skabich, the director of communications for for the energy drink. “So, we thought, ‘What about posting a photo of your tired face?'”

With that thought in mind, 5-Hour Energy asked their sponsored athletes to get the ball rolling. Retired Nascar driver Michael Waltrip, and current Nascar driver Clint Bowyer, both 5-Hour Energy spokesmen, were among those playing along:

Monday Monday. I’m tired. #ShowUsYourTiredFace #DaylightSavingsTime A @5hourenergy Please. pic.twitter.com/EIaGfdR6s9

— Michael Waltrip (@mw55) March 10, 2014

#ShowUsYourTiredFace #5hourenergy @NewsThatRox pic.twitter.com/u87DMas51v

— Danny Mendoza (@DannyTWR08) March 10, 2014

@5hourenergy this is what my hubby’s #230feeling face looks like right now!Called in tired today #ShowUsYourTiredFace pic.twitter.com/Wkdl6bxTbT

— Maggie (@royaldixie) March 10, 2014

Over the course of the day, 5-Hour Energy had 259 posts using the hashtag #ShowUsYourTiredFace, gained 868 new followers, around a 9 percent increase. 5-Hour Energy now has 10,500 Twitter followers. 52 winners received a prize pack of 5-Hour Energy drinks of assorted flavors.