Proclaim Interactive, a Wilmington digital marketing agency, was recently honored with a Gold Wallie Award for Virtual Tours by the Carolinas Health Care Public Relations and Marketing Society. Wallies are given during an annual competition that recognizes the best marketing projects throughout North and South Carolina.

Proclaim Interactive won the Gold Award for its work on the virtual tour for Raleigh Capitol Ear, Nose & Throat, according to a news release. The project was led by Rachel Stantliff, Proclaim Interactive’s project manager and Google-trusted photographer. Originally from Madison, North Carolina, Stantliff earned her degree in film studies from University of North Carolina Wilmington.

“We've got the most talented team I've ever been a part of. We're unbelievably fortunate to have Rachel and rest of the crew on the Proclaim team," firm president Spence Hackney said in the release.

In a separate release, Proclaim Interactive announced it has become a Badged Google Partner. This designation demonstrates that the agency has the marketing skills needed to promote client businesses through Google’s network of programs such as AdWords and Analytics.

“It’s one thing to spend some budget on AdWords, but it takes a proven track record of excellent performance across multiple mediums to be a Google Badged partner,” Hackney said in the release, adding that staffers underwent “extensive testing and training” to earn the certification.

The Google Partner Badge recognizes that Proclaim Interactive now has on staff at least one AdWord-certified agent who implements best practices in pay-per-click advertising, an Analytics-certified expert who can evaluate the effectiveness of business campaigns and find opportunities to promote company brands and messages, and a Google-trusted photographer who has met Google’s standards of quality and accuracy to create virtual tours and customized photography, the release stated.

Proclaim Interactive also has Google-trusted verifiers who can verify company location for Google searches, as well as claim Google business listings, the release stated.