Mike's Hard Lemonade Is Now Paul's Hard Lemonade in Honor of 1 Millionth Facebook Fan

Mike’s Hard Lemonade has changed its name—in a temporary, promotional-stunt kind of way—to Paul’s Hard Lemonade to salute Paul Siano of Illinois, the 1 millionth fan on its Facebook page.

The Tris3ct agency orchestrated the effort, which boasts a “Paul’s Hard Lemonade” rebranding of the Mike’s website, along with its Facebook and Twitter pages, through Friday. Special packaging, labels, logos and T-shirts were created, and Siano was presented with a six-pack of his namesake brew. The renaming was launched within 24 hours of identifying him as the millionth fan, and of course there’s a commemorative video (with a disco soundtrack and a big crate of lemons in the brand’s office!).

Hmm … Paul’s Hard Lemonade. It’s got a nice ring to it. I guess. Even so, it’s no Dave’s Hard Lemonade. Now that would really win me over.



Post-Grey Mike’s Hard Lemonade Shopping for Agencies

You already knew that Mike’s Hard Lemonade dropped Grey as its agency last year–but this week brings word that the company’s shopping around on a project-by-project basis.

While Mike’s changed its logo and packaging, this 15th anniversary spot by independent Chicago agency Tris3ct leads us to think it’s not looking to tweak the message too hard:

In other strategery news, Mike’s has given up on TV altogether in the interest of facilitating that digital “two-way conversation” with its target audience.

(We’re still not quite sure who the members of that target audience might be.)

The brand has yet to pledge loyalty to any single agency, so its business is up for grabs. Here’s another Tris3ct spot from last summer promoting the “Shandy” fruit beer:

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