{"id":12965,"date":"2012-01-13T16:38:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T22:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2012-01-13T16:38:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T22:38:34","slug":"midwayusa-reaches-100000-fans-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/midwayusa-reaches-100000-fans-on-facebook\/12965\/","title":{"rendered":"MidwayUSA Reaches 100,000 Fans on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12966\" title=\"midwayusafacebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/midwayusafacebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/midwayusafacebook.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/midwayusafacebook-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Only four short months ago on September 1, 2011, <strong>MidwayUSA<\/strong> launched a new channel of communication with an official Facebook page.\u00a0 Monday, January 10<sup>th<\/sup>, marked a milestone for the company as the one hundred thousandth fan \u201cliked\u201d the MidwayUSA Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>To date MidwayUSA has posted 266 status updates which include Eblast notifications, GunTec updates, Key Conservation Group updates, Giveaways and Sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Facebook page allows us to better engage our Customers,\u201d said Aaron Oelger, Vice President of Marketing at MidwayUSA. \u00a0\u201cSince the page launched, we\u2019ve had over 114,000 engagements between our fans and the content we are providing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MidwayUSA Facebook Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowhunter\u2019s Dream Package Sweepstakes<\/li>\n<li>MidwayUSA Truck Decal Thursday<\/li>\n<li>GunTec \u2013 Behind the Scenes with Larry Potterfield<\/li>\n<li>Updates from MidwayUSA\u2019s involvement with the NRA and Key Conservation Group Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MidwayUSA Facebook fans are notified of great deals on clearance items and exclusive discounts on products. Fans also have the opportunity to follow <strong>Larry Potterfield<\/strong>, our Founder and CEO, on his gunsmithing projects, his personal hunts and his visits to conservation conventions and trade shows.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialMidwayUSA\" target=\"_blank\">Official MidwayUSA<\/a> Facebook page and \u201cLike\u201d us today! Thank you for being our fan!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About MidwayUSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MidwayUSA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwayusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.midwayusa.com<\/a>) is a family-owned catalog and internet retailer specializing in <em><strong>Just About Everything<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em><strong>\u2120<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><strong> <\/strong>for Shooting, Reloading, Gunsmithing and Hunting. Now celebrating our 35<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary, Larry and Brenda Potterfield<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> turned their passion for shooting sports into a career in 1977 by opening a small retail firearms store that would eventually become MidwayUSA. MidwayUSA is still owned by the Potterfield Family and Customer Satisfaction is still our Number One Goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">For more information about <strong>MidwayUSA<\/strong>, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwayusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> or call 800-243-3220.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only four short months ago on September 1, 2011, MidwayUSA launched a new channel of communication with an official Facebook page.\u00a0 Monday, January 10th, marked a milestone for the company as the one hundred thousandth fan \u201cliked\u201d the MidwayUSA Facebook page. 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