While the plan­ner in me loves a thought­ful­ly craft­ed earned media cam­paign, with orga­nized plan­ning and plen­ty of time to pre­pare, in real­i­ty, we don’t always have the lux­u­ry of time to dili­gent­ly get all our ducks in a row. Some­times, to max­i­mize an oppor­tu­ni­ty, all this strate­giz­ing needs to be con­densed into a short...Read More

Here’s the thing about going on a jour­ney: You nev­er know exact­ly how long it’ll take to get to your des­ti­na­tion. Steve Mar­tin and John Can­dy rode planes, trains and auto­mo­biles to make it home. Dorothy eased on down the Yel­low Brick Road to get to Oz. The Gris­wolds drove the fam­i­ly truck­ster to Wal­ley...Read More

We’re excit­ed to wel­come and intro­duce you to our newest team mem­ber: Made­lyn Eli­zon­do, Assis­tant Account Executive! After grad­u­at­ing from Coastal Car­oli­na Uni­ver­si­ty in South Car­oli­na, Made­lyn began her PR career at a strate­gic com­mu­ni­ca­tions firm in the Char­lotte, NC, area. Orig­i­nal­ly from Min­neso­ta, Made­lyn recent­ly returned to the Twin Cities. We sat down with Made­lyn to...Read More

Sweet Martha’s Cook­ies. Pron­to Pups. Princess Kay’s But­ter Sculp­ture. Any Min­neso­ta State Fair enthu­si­ast can eas­i­ly con­jure (or taste!) these icon­ic images from the Great Min­neso­ta Get-Togeth­er. But today, we want to focus on some oth­er, often more invis­i­ble (but equal­ly icon­ic) ele­ments at the State Fair that pro­mote sustainability! The Min­neso­ta State Fair, boast­ing...Read More

At Bell­mont Part­ners, we know and val­ue the impor­tance of work­ing togeth­er as a team, and in using our tal­ents to give back to the com­mu­ni­ty – and we love it when our clients do the same! Cel­e­brat­ing its 10th anniver­sary ear­li­er this year, Radis­son Blu Mall of Amer­i­ca may be best known for its loca­tion...Read More

Pic­ture this. Pre­car­i­ous­ly perched on a plat­form on Cloud City, Luke Sky­walk­er braces him­self, kneel­ing and aim­ing his blaster pis­tol at an enraged Darth Vad­er. Back and forth, the neme­ses duel! Sky­walk­er uses care­ful­ly aimed bursts from his gun while Vad­er har­ness­es telekine­sis to blast Sky­walk­er from the ele­vat­ed bat­tle ground. After an extend­ed series...Read More

We’re more than halfway through 2023, which means it’s the per­fect time to see how PR and com­mu­ni­ca­tion trends are pro­gress­ing. Were they what we expect­ed? What new trends have emerged? Check out indus­try-wide forces impact­ing us all as well as what the Bell­mont Part­ners’ team is seeing. Overall 2023 PR, Communications and Marketing Trends These are the...Read More

The sec­ond quar­ter brought excit­ing things to Bell­mont Part­ners, includ­ing work with four Min­neso­ta-based orga­ni­za­tions. We appre­ci­ate the unique blend of indus­tries we’ve added to our grow­ing ros­ter and the con­nec­tions that form through our work with these new clients and ini­tia­tives. We are delight­ed to wel­come (or wel­come back!) the following: GIE Med­ical, a clin­i­cal...Read More

Did you know that Min­neso­ta is home to essen­tial­ly the “Ama­zon” of elec­tron­ic com­po­nents – those pieces and parts that make up the tech­nol­o­gy in your cell phone, lap­top, car, smart home devices and more? DigiKey is the glob­al leader in the cut­ting-edge com­merce dis­tri­b­u­tion of elec­tron­ic com­po­nents and automa­tion prod­ucts, and they are locat­ed...Read More

At Bell­mont Part­ners, we work to uphold our core val­ues – col­lab­o­ra­tion, con­nec­tion, invest­ment, flex­i­bil­i­ty and trans­paren­cy – and also sup­port clients’ val­ues as we build part­ner­ships togeth­er to share mean­ing­ful sto­ries and help orga­ni­za­tions reach their goals. Our work spans a wide range of com­mu­ni­ca­tions ser­vices. From con­tent mar­ket­ing and stake­hold­er insights to thought...Read More