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I just received word that the advertisement is being pulled and the company has acknowledged our concerns. This outcome belongs entirely to the hundreds of you who stood up for our profession when I was just hoping a few people might listen. Please keep holding the standard high for our …

April 22, 2010

Massage Professionals Upset by GoDaddy "Spa" Commercial

Massage Professionals Upset by GoDaddy "Spa" Commercial

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 6 months ago
As many of you heard or have seen, during the Super Bowl, GoDaddy aired an ad of Danika Patrick receiving a massage. During the massage, the "massage therapist" proceeded to rip off her own clothes and dance around, all before falling in the pool. As a customer of GoDaddy, massage professional, and someone who just found out they live 40 minutes from the GoDaddy office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; I would like to have you sign this petition this week so I can personally deliver it to their office. As massage professionals we are dedicated to educating the public, including GoDaddy, about professional and therapeutic massage. Massage professionals are dedicated members of the health care community and not the adult entertainment industry. We would like to see massage professionals and therapeutic massage sessions portrayed accurately and not in the degrading and stereotypical way they were in this commercial. This commercial does not represent massage professionals in this country who abide by a code of ethics and strive to provide the public with the many benefits of therapeutic massage. Please sign by February 15th, 2010. Thank you, Ivy Hultquist, LMT Advanced Massage Techniques

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February 10, 2010

I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum this has gained so quickly. This response belongs entirely to you and your commitment to protecting the integrity of our profession.

Reached 100 supporters

February 10, 2010

6 Comments

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Tom Hart
16 years ago Featured

What a joke. Disappointed that a company like that would put something like this on national tv.

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David Wang
16 years ago Featured

My wife is a therapist and she was furious watching that. Trash marketing.

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Mike Dixon
16 years ago Featured

GoDaddy really missed the mark here. Super inappropriate and insulting to actual pros.

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Jessica Todd
16 years ago Featured

SO TIRED of this stereotype. We are healthcare providers. Period.

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Elena Reynolds
16 years ago Featured

It takes years of school and anatomy study to be a LMT. This ad is trashy and basically spits in our faces. Pull it down.

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Sarah Fletcher
16 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. They have no idea how hard we work for our certifications and licenses. This just fuels the wrong idea about what we do.