We’ve all seen the hic­cups and blun­ders of good inter­views gone bad on local and nation­al news and on social media (or wit­nessed in real time!), cap­tur­ing infa­mous moments which could live on in cul­tur­al lore for decades. There are the acci­den­tal swear­ing clips, the “I didn’t know my mic was on” shots and moments...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

The 2023 leg­isla­tive ses­sion is under­way, and it’s been a busy one in Saint Paul! Clients across our prac­tice groups are meet­ing with leg­is­la­tors, sup­port­ing bills, tes­ti­fy­ing and more to inspire polit­i­cal change.  Our Pro­fes­sion­al Ser­vices and Pub­lic Affairs Group is poised with the knowl­edge and exper­tise to help break down com­mu­ni­ca­tion bar­ri­ers and help you...Read More

We’re clos­ing out the sec­ond quar­ter with a vari­ety of new clients, each with inspir­ing visions. From an event that is break­ing down health bar­ri­ers in his­tor­i­cal­ly under­rep­re­sent­ed com­mu­ni­ties to an icon­ic fam­i­ly-owned florist, our team is proud to have wel­comed the fol­low­ing new clients in the past few months: Bachman’s is a fam­i­ly-owned flo­ral, home, and gar­den...Read More

In a time when dis­trust is the default, and con­sumers’ BS meters are astute, how can your com­pa­ny build trust? Peo­ple. With lim­it­ed per­son­al inter­ac­tions the past two years, tap­ping into that crav­ing for human con­nec­tion is a way to authen­ti­cal­ly tell your sto­ries while build­ing trust with your con­sumers. And, who bet­ter to speak...Read More

We are proud to share that Bell­mont Part­ners took home a win at the Min­neso­ta PRSA Clas­sics Awards last night in the Inte­grat­ed Pro­grams cat­e­go­ry for our work with long­time client Sec­ond Har­vest Heart­land for “Pitch In for the Kitchen,” a cam­paign for Min­neso­ta Cen­tral Kitchen. Min­neso­ta Cen­tral Kitchen was quick­ly formed in the ear­ly...Read More

Recent­ly I took a look at PR role mod­els in pop cul­ture and came up fair­ly emp­ty. Yes, there were a few exag­ger­at­ed char­ac­ters like Saman­tha Jones from “Sex and the City.” But if they didn’t exact­ly spark a rush of peo­ple apply­ing for PR jobs, who did? The like­ly answer: fic­tion­al jour­nal­ists. In the 70s,...Read More

If there was ever a career rep­re­sent­ed on TV that needs some PR, it’s PR. The small screen is over­flow­ing with cops, doc­tors and lawyers. And espe­cial­ly dur­ing many cur­rent PR prac­ti­tion­ers’ for­ma­tive years – in the 70s, 80s, and 90s – sit-coms and dra­mas fea­tured a vari­ety of well-defined careers for all sorts of icon­ic...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