With many com­mu­ni­ca­tions and mar­ket­ing teams con­tin­u­al­ly work­ing to keep mul­ti­ple plates spin­ning at the same time, why are award pro­grams worth the time and effort? On the heels of recent award wins for our team and clients, we want­ed to share our thoughts about this question. Rec­og­nize employees We know peo­ple are our best assets at...Read More

One thing that brings us joy is the amaz­ing mix of clients we get to work with each day. From long-stand­ing part­ner­ships to rela­tion­ships that are just begin­ning, the vari­ety of indus­tries, projects and clients with whom we have the priv­i­lege to work keeps things fresh while also pro­vid­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­tin­ue strength­en­ing our...Read More

While it wasn’t a sur­prise to those of us at Bell­mont Part­ners who know him well, we are thrilled own­er and pres­i­dent Bri­an Bell­mont has been named a Twin Cities Busi­ness 2022 Notable Leader in Mar­ket­ing. This hon­or cel­e­brates busi­ness lead­ers who have nav­i­gat­ed the pan­dem­ic, labor and sup­ply chal­lenges, infla­tion, a social jus­tice move­ment...Read More

In a time when dis­trust is the default, and con­sumers’ BS meters are astute, how can your com­pa­ny build trust? Peo­ple. With lim­it­ed per­son­al inter­ac­tions the past two years, tap­ping into that crav­ing for human con­nec­tion is a way to authen­ti­cal­ly tell your sto­ries while build­ing trust with your con­sumers. And, who bet­ter to speak...Read More

As Bell­mont Part­ners con­tin­ues to grow, our team mem­bers are as well, and we’re hap­py to announce that Julie Goulette has been pro­mot­ed to Assis­tant Account Exec­u­tive. Julie joined the Bell­mont Part­ners team in 2019, and she’s been a big con­trib­u­tor ever since. In the wake of the pan­dem­ic, her focus on agency oper­a­tions and...Read More

Our Bell­mont Part­ners team will be the first to say that cre­at­ing a roadmap with clear strat­e­gy and thought­ful devel­op­ment is a cru­cial part of hav­ing a suc­cess­ful com­mu­ni­ca­tions plan. And we also will affirm the need for flex­i­bil­i­ty to adapt and take advan­tage of unique, unfore­seen oppor­tu­ni­ties. Whether that means jump­ing to respond to...Read More

When each day is con­stant­ly full of break­ing news, and cir­cum­stances around the world – both big and small – seem to always be in flux, how do you max­i­mize your media rela­tions efforts and cut through the noise? We’ve put togeth­er four ele­ments from our strate­gic approach that help us con­nect with jour­nal­ists, share...Read More

As part of its “Day in the Life” series, PR Dai­ly inter­viewed Bell­mont Part­ners Pres­i­dent Bri­an Bell­mont about his “tips and tac­tics for suc­cess amid a resur­gent economy.” The wide-rang­ing dis­cus­sion cov­ers top­ics includ­ing why prac­tic­ing empa­thy is Brian’s top mes­sage for 2021, what makes him hope­ful about the future of PR, and why our agency...Read More

Com­ing off the excite­ment of work­ing on anoth­er won­der­ful Word­play Book Fes­ti­val, and with sum­mer vaca­tions on the hori­zon, we want­ed to dig in and devel­op anoth­er list of sug­gest­ed read­ing mate­ri­als from our team. Below, we share some favorites we keep going back to along with some new­er titles. We hope these pro­vide enter­tain­ment,...Read More

Curios­i­ty is a trait all of us here at Bell­mont Part­ners share, which bodes well as we often take deep dives into many dif­fer­ent indus­tries and orga­ni­za­tions for our work. Beyond our dai­ly learn­ings at the (home) office, we also enjoy immers­ing our­selves in read­ing to learn some­thing new, find an escape, and work to...Read More