Midwest Maverick Meetup - August 13th - Salina, Kansas

[bmwhitetx]

I was there. Made the trip from mid-Missouri. Great bunch of folks there.
{Lot of pics}

Thanks all for posting pictures. Does anyone have others? A great way for us hopeful '23 orders to compare colors. The red is growing on me.

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[paneubert]

Even without being sponsored by MTC this thread was on the front page for 3 days in July. Maybe local radio commercials are needed next time, hahaha.

You joke, but they did commericals. Don't know if they were radio, TV, or online, but Tim played a really nice "voiceovered" clip on one of his livestreams a few weeks back. Like he was hitting play on a professionally produced commerical.

 

[CoryDallas8123]

You joke, but they did commericals. Don't know if they were radio, TV, or online, but Tim played a really nice "voiceovered" clip on one of his livestreams a few weeks back. Like he was hitting play on a professionally produced commerical.

Nice! I 100% was joking but that’s awesome.

 

[V-blue Mav]

Thanks all for posting pictures. Does anyone have others? A great way for us hopeful '23 orders to compare colors. The red is growing on me.

Here's one more. Trip/milage info from the meet-up, round trip. Not bad for a Ecoboost with AWD going at speeds of up to 80 mph occasionally.

 

[fordvideoguy]

Hopefully next year if they do it, it will be better advertised.

Did the best we could to get the word out. Notice the thread started one month ago, posted it in every Maverick Facebook group that let me, mentioned it on my livestream every week for 2 months. Spent all of our YouTube and television advertising budget running the commercial for 4 weeks as well. We would love any ideas to get the word to more people.

 

[bwayne]

Did the best we could to get the word out. Notice the thread started one month ago, posted it in every Maverick Facebook group that let me, mentioned it on my livestream every week for 2 months. Spent all of our YouTube and television advertising budget running the commercial for 4 weeks as well. We would love any ideas to get the word to more people.

It’s really ok. I normally don’t watch the videos, but for a few minutes here and there, I don’t do Facebook, and I don’t know where I would have seen a commercial. The only way I think to reach everyone would be an email blast, and that’s probably not appropriate. We all get too much email as it is. Thanks for doing the get together for those that got the message.

 

[noticon75]

Did the best we could to get the word out. Notice the thread started one month ago, posted it in every Maverick Facebook group that let me, mentioned it on my livestream every week for 2 months. Spent all of our YouTube and television advertising budget running the commercial for 4 weeks as well. We would love any ideas to get the word to more people.

Yup Seen the commercials on all the platforms! You all put a lot into this event. I have helped with events similar to this, And it costs! But those events the participants had to pay to enter. I would hate to see what your budget was for the event but I bet it was more than you make on selling 10 Mavericks! Anyways it is impossible to reach everyone. But the word is out a year in advance that there will be a 2nd annual Midwest Maverick Meetup. Hope to make that happen with or without Long McArthur's sponsorship. Made many new friends there from all corners of the country. This was far more that a Mid West event. Ford Cooperate may want to get involved next year LOL

 

[fordvideoguy]

Yup Seen the commercials on all the platforms! You all put a lot into this event. I have helped with events similar to this, And it costs! But those events the participants had to pay to enter. I would hate to see what your budget was for the event but I bet it was more than you make on selling 10 Mavericks! Anyways it is impossible to reach everyone. But the word is out a year in advance that there will be a 2nd annual Midwest Maverick Meetup. Hope to make that happen with or without Long McArthur's sponsorship. Made many new friends there from all corners of the country. This was far more that a Mid West event. Ford Cooperate may want to get involved next year LOL

I tried to reach out and get Ford involved to help get the word out and the media team wasn't interested. That's okay, I don't think we need Ford to help and I'm hopeful that it will encourage more events in other regions of the country. Hopefully next year MTC won't throw this post just in the Midwest region. I understand why they did, makes sense but we had people from all over the country.

 

[Vols44]

Super envious for all of the inaugural attendees. I can't wait to show off my yet-to-be-built XLT at next year's meet up.

 

[whitef]

I was unable to make the Saturday meetup but did make it to the dinner Friday evening at the dealership. Really had a nice time meeting interesting people and visiting with Tim a bit.

If you're not a member of the YouTube channel, I would encourage you to try it out. Tim and Sarah provide a lot of content and insider information for the bargain rate of $5 / month.

 

[New2AZ]

I tried to reach out and get Ford involved to help get the word out and the media team wasn't interested. That's okay, I don't think we need Ford to help and I'm hopeful that it will encourage more events in other regions of the country. Hopefully next year MTC won't throw this post just in the Midwest region. I understand why they did, makes sense but we had people from all over the country.

Kansas was an unrealistic trip for me this time. But you're right! This time next year hopefully we can have a number of regional meetups!

 

[Tirpitz]

I tried to reach out and get Ford involved to help get the word out and the media team wasn't interested. That's okay, I don't think we need Ford to help and I'm hopeful that it will encourage more events in other regions of the country. Hopefully next year MTC won't throw this post just in the Midwest region. I understand why they did, makes sense but we had people from all over the country.

If you do it again in 2023 rename it so it isn’t the Midwest Meetup. Make it the “Great National Maverick Meetup”. Let people know they can come from anywhere and attend.

As someone who has been involved with event planning for a hobby group we always tried to talk up the hosting city or region. That helped to draw people from farther away.

I consider going because I had to drive from Florida to California at roughly the same time but ultimately decided it was too far out of my way adding at least 400 miles to the already long trip. Plus I still don’t have a Maverick.

 

[fordvideoguy]

If you do it again in 2023 rename it so it isn’t the Midwest Meetup. Make it the “Great National Maverick Meetup”. Let people know they can come from anywhere and attend.

As someone who has been involved with event planning for a hobby group we always tried to talk up the hosting city or region. That helped to draw people from farther away.

I consider going because I had to drive from Florida to California at roughly the same time but ultimately decided it was too far out of my way adding at least 400 miles to the already long trip. Plus I still don’t have a Maverick.

That is a good idea, we were thinking Maverick Homecoming for those that ordered from us but wanted to include everyone. We did Midwest because that is where we are located, like they do for the Bronco events. Thanks for the input and idea.

 

[Tirpitz]

That is a good idea, we were thinking Maverick Homecoming for those that ordered from us but wanted to include everyone. We did Midwest because that is where we are located, like they do for the Bronco events. Thanks for the input and idea.

You might also play around with the timing. A lot of people with kids are already back to school in mid-August which might cut down on out of area folks.

However I suspect the main thing you need is just more Mavericks in customer hands. I just drove 2,100 miles across eight states and in all that time saw only one Maverick. In fact I saw as many Rivian pickup trucks as I did Mavericks.

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