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

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

Bell­mont Part­ners is proud to add a new award to our shelf – a 2018 Gold­en ARC Award from the Ag Rela­tions Coun­cil – for our work last fall on a social media cam­paign on behalf of Mid­west Dairy. Mid­west Dairy was look­ing for a way to authen­ti­cal­ly con­nect con­sumers with dairy farm­ers’ sto­ries –...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