Bellmont Partners has been working with the company formerly known as ID Insight on-and-off since just a few years after it launched in 2003. The Minneapolis-based leader in developing platform-based fraud-prevention solutions for financial institutions has nimbly shifted over the years to navigate – and stay ahead of – the constantly changing fraud environment. But...Read More
Ted Lasso, Ant-Man and Cam from “Modern Family” walk into a hospital. Oh, it’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s the real-life recipe for a high-profile event that PR practitioners can glean plenty of lessons from. Since 2010, “Big Slick” has been a one-of-a-kind fundraising event that’s generated more than $16 million dollars for a...Read More
While it wasn’t a surprise to those of us at Bellmont Partners who know him well, we are thrilled owner and president Brian Bellmont has been named a Twin Cities Business 2022 Notable Leader in Marketing. This honor celebrates business leaders who have navigated the pandemic, labor and supply challenges, inflation, a social justice movement...Read More
We live in an era of social media scrolling, and nothing can grab your attention better than a compelling photograph. As a former journalist, and for the last 15 years a still photographer, I’ve learned how important it is to think strategically about photography and how images are used in the marketing of your business....Read More
While May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we know it’s important to think about mental health throughout the whole year. As communicators and marketers, it’s difficult to fully step away, as there’s often work right at our fingertips. This combined with all the other stressors around us means sometimes our mental health gets put on...Read More
As we approach Earth Day, our team has a lot we could and want to say about sustainability. But we had to check ourselves recently, as we often do with our clients, asking things like: What is our role in this conversation? What’s appropriate for us to say? Why would our audience care to hear...Read More
Am I a Bruce Willis fan? Yippee-kay-yay…well, you know the rest. A quick spin through IMDB.com reveals that I’ve seen more than 40 of Willis’s movies at least once, and some – like Die Hard and Pulp Fiction – more times than the Nakatomi Tower has floors. The recent news that the former Mr. Demi Moore is stepping...Read More
It’s been just over three months since we kicked off work to promote tourism to Duluth, and earlier this week we had the pleasure of debuting the new brand and marketing campaign to more than 100 industry members and city leaders in Duluth. This debut was the early culmination of our work with our partners...Read More
We all intuitively know the power of a good story. It’s what makes us lean in at a party, binge just *one* more episode, or scroll a little deeper on someone’s social feed. As humans, we’re fascinated by other people’s lives and experiences, whether different or similar to our own. As marketers and communicators, there’s...Read More
It’s not exactly breaking news that the past two years have been tough on the media. And in Minnesota, probably no outlet has faced stronger headwinds recently than Upsize Magazine. When the regional business magazine’s co-founder and publisher Wes Bergstrom died in Spring 2020, the publication went on hiatus, facing an uncertain future. Enter Andy Tellijohn....Read More
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