As we approach anoth­er sum­mer of events, we took time to reflect on our recent work help­ing pro­mote a soon-to-be icon­ic Min­neso­ta event, Word­play. We part­nered with The Loft Lit­er­ary Cen­ter to help tell the sto­ry of the inau­gur­al “par­ty for books” that brought more than 10,000 peo­ple down­town Min­neapo­lis through­out the week­end of May...Read More

It’s a par­tic­u­lar­ly good day at Bell­mont Part­ners: Our agency has been named one of Inc. magazine’s Best Work­places for 2019, one of just sev­en Min­neso­ta com­pa­nies to make the list. We’ve been rec­og­nized for our work­place cul­ture before by local out­lets like Min­neso­ta Busi­ness and Mpls./St. Paul Busi­ness Jour­nal, but this is the first nation­al...Read More

We’re hap­py to announce that Michelle LeGros has joined our agency as a strate­gic part­ner. With deep insights lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence at com­pa­nies includ­ing U.S. Bank, The Toro Com­pa­ny and most recent­ly 13 years as Vice Pres­i­dent of Con­sumer Insights at Unit­ed­Health Group, Michelle is an insights leader who brings strate­gic and prac­ti­cal insights solu­tions to...Read More

Announc­ing a change in C‑level lead­er­ship is so much more than pub­lish­ing a quick tweet or blog post – espe­cial­ly when it’s the CEO of one of the nation’s largest hunger relief orga­ni­za­tions. We worked with Sec­ond Har­vest Heart­land for the past six-plus months to devel­op a plan that launched in June when Rob Zeaske...Read More

As we get ready to turn the cal­en­dar page, it’s hard to believe 2018 is com­ing to a close. For us, it’s been a year full of excit­ing changes, chal­leng­ing projects and amaz­ing clients and partners. Our work this year has spanned the com­mu­ni­ca­tions and mar­ket­ing realms, serv­ing each of our clients’ unique needs, from cre­at­ing...Read More

‘Tis the sea­son for giv­ing, and at Bell­mont Part­ners, we’re all about it. Today is Minnesota’s giv­ing hol­i­day – Give to the Max Day – and our non­prof­it prac­tice group has been busy help­ing clients pre­pare for the big day. From strate­giz­ing with 2017’s top-of-the-leader­board Sec­ond Har­vest Heart­land for the “Pack to the Max” event,...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

Recent­ly, I had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to attend the Ragan Con­tent Mar­ket­ing Con­fer­ence in the heart of Sil­i­con Val­ley and left with sev­er­al take­aways about brand jour­nal­ism and con­tent mar­ket­ing that we’ll be putting to work for our clients in the future. Brand jour­nal­ism is a buzzy term that you may have seen thrown around in com­mu­ni­ca­tions...Read More

You may have heard us shout from the rooftops about Three­Six­ty Jour­nal­ism, which trains and sup­ports Min­neso­ta high school stu­dents as they grow into the next gen­er­a­tion of diverse thinkers, com­mu­ni­ca­tors and lead­ers. Our agency has been sup­port­ing this phe­nom­e­nal non­prof­it pro­gram for more than a decade, Senior Account Exec­u­tive Bri­ana Grue­newald worked for Three­Six­ty,...Read More

Now that the 2018 Min­neso­ta State Fair is behind us, and we’ve rest­ed our feet and caught up on some sleep, we took time to reflect on 12 days filled with ban­ner media cov­er­age for our clients at the big event – Mid­west Dairy and Min­neso­ta Wine Country. Our team worked with media from every cor­ner...Read More