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

The change of sea­sons from sum­mer to fall is one that many of us at Bell­mont Part­ners love – from the crisp morn­ings and the col­or­ful leaves, to the trips to the orchard and the bus­tle of har­vest. This year, we also wel­comed autumn with two projects that high­light­ed the beau­ty and the impor­tance of...Read More

When it comes to peo­ple who know how to bring out the best in oth­ers, co-own­er and COO Jen Bell­mont is near the top of the list. Over the past 19 years, Jen has been the dri­ving force behind mul­ti­ple ini­tia­tives designed to build Bell­mont Part­ners into one of Minnesota’s top pub­lic rela­tions agen­cies. She...Read More

August is typ­i­cal­ly one of our busiest months here at Bell­mont Part­ners, with client teams work­ing on every­thing from the Uptown Art Fair to Min­neso­ta State Fair projects with Mid­west Dairy/Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Min­neso­ta Wine Coun­try, Min­neso­ta Grown, The Great Big Wheel, Peo­ple Incor­po­rat­ed and Sec­ond Har­vest Heart­land to new busi­ness brain­storms...Read More

How can you authen­ti­cal­ly engage with deci­sion mak­ers who may be good advo­cates, influ­encers, prospects, part­ners or employ­ees? While it can be a major under­tak­ing, the good news is that pub­lic rela­tions – includ­ing many ini­tia­tives that may already be in the works – can play a major role in build­ing and strength­en­ing relationships. In...Read More

It’s hard to believe, but this week, Bell­mont Part­ners cel­e­brat­ed its 22nd birth­day! While there was just one “Bell­mont part­ner” (Bri­an) in 1996, we’re proud to mark year 22 with 13 tal­ent­ed, hard-work­ing indi­vid­u­als on our team. To cel­e­brate this occa­sion, I chat­ted with my col­leagues to com­pile a list of 22 things that you...Read More

Last night, we were hon­ored to once again – for the fourth year in a row – be named one of the 100 Best Com­pa­nies to Work For by Min­neso­ta Busi­ness Mag­a­zine. While part of our team was at the Finance & Com­merce Ris­ing Young Pro­fes­sion­als award event, a group of BPers accept­ed the award...Read More

As Min­neso­ta basks in the after­glow of Super Bowl LII, the mar­ket­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tions com­mu­ni­ty gath­ered to debrief on all things acti­va­tion at MIMA’s recent event: “How’d we do? Scor­ing Min­neso­ta mar­keters on the big game.” I attend­ed the pan­el with my col­league Jen Bell­mont. As two of the team mem­bers on the ground dur­ing much of...Read More