Thrive Creative Group, LLC, a local web design and marketing firm, has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Internet Advertising award for 2016 from The Web Marketing Association in their Internet Advertising Competition (IAC).

The IAC Awards were developed by the Web Marketing Association to honor excellence in online advertising, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible and showcase award winning Internet advertising.

The winning website designed by Thrive Creative Group was for ByShea Photography. You can view the site at bysheaphotography.com.

“I am so thrilled with my new website,” said Shea Halliburton Wright, in a news release. “It is even better than what I had envisioned before getting started. I couldn’t be happier with the entire experience and the final results. After 10 years in business, I finally have a website that I’m proud of.”

Thrive Creative Group, LLC, a digital agency, specializing in:

• web design
• marketing
• graphic design

Thrive is based out of Clarksville, was established in 2004 by Lorilee Rager, from a growing desire to “help hard-working business owners with quality graphic design and web site design. They are located at 1730 Memorial Drive and can be reached at 931-221-4991 or email .

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in Boston in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to corporate Web sites.