Like so many in the Twin Cities and around the world, our team at Bell­mont Part­ners has com­mit­ted to doing bet­ter as indi­vid­u­als and as an agency to con­front racism and inequities. After George Floyd’s death, we’ve been tak­ing a dif­fi­cult, long-over­due look at our­selves. We know we have a long way to go, but...Read More

Stay­ing con­nect­ed has nev­er been more impor­tant. But not just in our social cir­cles. With so many of us work­ing from home, it can be hard to keep the morale and cre­ativ­i­ty up with­in a com­pa­ny or team. Sure, we can move meet­ings and calls to a vir­tu­al plat­form like Zoom, but what about the...Read More

When Min­neso­ta start­ed shut­ting down in March due to COVID-19, clo­sures and can­cel­la­tions seemed to be com­ing in every minute, and the Loft Lit­er­ary Center’s sec­ond annu­al Word­play book fes­ti­val was in lim­bo. But instead of can­cel­ing or post­pon­ing the May 9 event, the orga­niz­ers real­ized that going vir­tu­al could be an option – as...Read More

The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic and result­ing media fur­loughs have forced many orga­ni­za­tions to rethink their earned media strate­gies over the last few months – cre­at­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ty to review exist­ing strate­gies and tac­tics. As Bell­mont Part­ners’ Data + Insights Lead, I would love to sug­gest using this time to ana­lyze and update how your orga­ni­za­tion is...Read More

We remark sev­er­al times a day (pinch our­selves, even) about how incred­i­bly grate­ful we are to have such a sharp, ded­i­cat­ed group of peo­ple on our team and work­ing tire­less­ly in pur­suit of our clients’ busi­ness goals. We know they’re amaz­ing. We try to make sure they know they’re amaz­ing. This news – that our...Read More

One of the most press­ing ques­tions we’re all ask­ing our­selves right now in our com­mu­ni­ca­tions roles (not to men­tion in life) is, “When?”. Tim­ing that used to be clear and plans that used to be set, are no longer so. We’re see­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­fes­sion­als across indus­tries quick­ly adapt their mes­sag­ing, con­tent and PR strate­gies, align­ing...Read More

Since the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic began to impact busi­ness­es across the coun­try, the Bell­mont Part­ners team has mobi­lized around numer­ous cri­sis com­mu­ni­ca­tions and non-cri­sis projects, most address­ing the unique chal­lenges the coro­n­avirus out­break has sparked, and span­ning near­ly every com­mu­ni­ca­tions discipline. We’ve been work­ing close­ly with sev­er­al com­pa­nies on the front lines of the pan­dem­ic with a...Read More

Suf­fice it to say the nov­el coro­n­avirus has impact­ed every aspect of all of our lives, and it’s just get­ting started. Like many of you, we’ve can­celed our spring break trips, embraced social dis­tanc­ing and are set­tling into at-home time with our fam­i­lies. We’ve been work­ing remote­ly since last week to do our part in pre­vent­ing...Read More

I’m fond of quot­ing not­ed 20th-cen­tu­ry philoso­pher Fer­ris Bueller: “Life moves pret­ty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.” Last week, our team gave our agency’s part­ners – Jen Bell­mont, Shel­li Lis­sick and me – a refresh­er course in just how impor­tant, and how effec­tive, it...Read More

Any­one who’s met Bell­mont Part­ners COO Jen Bell­mont knows how com­mit­ted she is to her clients, col­leagues and com­mu­ni­ty – and now our indus­try has made it offi­cial. Ragan’s and PR Dai­ly have announced that Jen is one of this year’s Top Women in Communications. Accord­ing to Ragan’s and PR Dai­ly, the awards hon­or “those...Read More