Chris Street is the person behind Bristol Editor, a consultancy delivering a range of social media, editorial, blogging, copywriting and strategic media relations services. Chris has a unique blend of expertise across a range of disciplines.

Chris works with businesses and individuals to help them improve their profiles online and offline through the use of powerful unique content, social media participation, strategic media relations, and new content curation techniques.

Chris is regularly published across numerous high-profile, prominent industry-leading websites, including www.journalism.co.uk, www.socialmediatoday.com, www.socialsmallbiz.com and www.marketingdonut.co.uk.

Chris has also recently lectured on social media and digital journalism to undergraduates attending media and journalism courses at this University.

Bio

Chris has more than 12 years’ experience delivering within online and offline media, and worked as a features editor and business editor for Northcliffe Newspaper Group at the Bristol Evening Post offices in his early editorial career.

Previous projects have included editing business magazines, Managing Editor for a Bristol-based publishing firm, launching online portals for corporates in the City, managing blogs for businesses since 2005, delivering media relations strategies for companies including Apple and Mitel Networks, copywriting for firms such as NFU Mutual and Calor Gas, as well as launching social media service divisions for digital marketing and PR agencies nationwide.

You can talk to Chris about any of these projects by getting in touch here.

Working with Chris

“Since taking part in the blogging workshop with Chris, I’ve picked up some great techniques for creating fresh, relevant content for our audience. Traffic to our blog is increasing, specifically through search engines.

I get frequent comments from both new and existing clients on how useful they find our blog. This is thanks to Chris, his invaluable experience, and his passion for social media.”

- Lydia Sherlock, Director, Core Strength Studios

“Chris’s social media and blogging skills have been incredibly effective in building our online credibility – from an increase in our Twitter and Facebook followers, to increased interactivity and blog readership.

Working with Chris has been extremely inspiring and we’ve enjoyed many successful brainstorming sessions, which have given us a variety of very effective blog ideas including ‘How I Met Trollbeads’ – all of which have been very well received online, and have contributed to a 70% increase in our traffic.”

- Sarah Morfoot, Managing Director, Fable Trading (Trollbeads UK)

“Chris won the contract to deliver two social media training sessions for consultants and support staff in LGID. Initial contact with Chris was over email via his blog, and I found Chris to be an excellent listener and communicator. Able to quickly understand the remit of our complex organisation, and the context in which we are working, Chris used his social media savvy and personable approach to meet our needs.

Chris delivered a lively, discursive training session (Powerpoint free, thankfully) which allowed the participants to learn from some real experience and to ask a range of questions from “What is a blog?” to “How can I make Twitter work for me?” For me the session helped dispel the mystery surrounding the topic and enabled me to identify the clear practical steps I need to take as well as leaving me with detailed written materials I can refer to again and again.

It was an absolute pleasure to work with Chris to organise and attend the training sessions, and I hope we will have the chance to work together again in the future.”

- Cat Moyle, Programme Support Manager, Local Government Improvement & Development (LGID)

“Chris worked on providing social media content and blogging support as we promoted a new cosmetic product shop on our website. During a nine-week period, his content across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and our blog drove more than 1,200 people to our online shop – a brilliant outcome, and proving that social media consultancy can deliver real people, in real-time, with real results.

His blogs were instrumental in this – particularly ‘A Day In The Life Of A Cosmetic Surgeon’, which was a real hit. We now have the confidence and knowledge to write our own blogs and distribute social media content. Chris comes highly recommended from the entire team here at CC Kat Aesthetics.”

- CC Kat, Founder, CC Kat Aesthetics

“I chose to work with Chris for various reasons – and would like to share them. He’s got an energy and style that suits my business – which is driven, pretty intense but fun, and innovative. He sets very high standards, knows his mind, and isn’t afraid to challenge or be challenged. You get him personally and the wealth of experience that he brings – not an office junior that he could farm work out to.

So, he’s helped take me and my business Spring from a standing start to a full social media presence that is creating new ways to give my clients value. If you’d like to talk with me personally, please get in touch – I’m happy to chat through my experience.”

- Luke Thomas, Founder, Spring

“I left my first social media session feeling motivated, energised, and full of ideas. Within five minutes of meeting Chris, I could tell that he is passionate about what he does and really knows his stuff. Raising the profile of the Studio is now cost-effective and, dare I say it, fun.

The majority of new business now comes as a direct result of the tools and techniques learned through Chris.”

- Lydia Sherlock, Director, Core Strength Studios

“Chris is a fun person to work with. He is straight-talking and to the point, but also a great writer and editor who really understands what his target audience are looking for. It is always a pleasure talking to Chris, even if he is on a deadline!

Anybody looking for great editorial or advice navigating the ‘scary’ world of journalism should look no further.”

- Amanda Hill, Communications Manager, Oce

“Chris delivered social media and blogging consultancy for us, with great results. Our website traffic increased by 105% in the Campaign period – due largely to the attraction and pull of his brilliant social media content.”

- Tina Lombardi, Managing Director, Moda Hairdressing

“There is a trend emerging where companies increasingly assume that what they stand for, in an enduring sense, is more important than what they sell. Most people would expect this shift to come from the captains of industry and the big brands.

Some have started, but it’s the small companies that are racing away. Chris is one of the finest runners in that race.”

- Leon Benjamin, Author of Winning By Sharing

“Chris has been great at bringing the team up to speed on all things social media. This has enabled us to expand our knowledge internally and offer our clients a comprehensive overview of the opportunities.”

- Ed Hudson, Director of Client Services, Create Marketing

“I am writing to express my admiration for Chris and would definitely use his services again. Chris worked on drumming up publicity for a documentary screening and workshop in Bristol.

The results were amazing: in less than 10 days, he had secured coverage in daily newspapers, glossy magazines, the BBC, as well as a host of specialist feature journalists.”

- Jacki Hill-Murphy, Founder, Pink Ginger Films

“I really enjoyed attending the Social Media Workshop run by Chris, as I found his to be a refreshing change from other workshops I have attended, mainly due to the fact that Chris has a great philosophy about social media and blogging.

Chris was happy to answer any questions the group had, no matter how senseless or relevant to the conversation, and made everyone feel at ease in the workshop. Chris has great knowledge on the subject and gave out very generous handouts during the workshop to help us with various platforms and blogging sites.

I would recommend Chris for any form of social media related guidance – so much so, we want him to come back and do another workshop.”

Rebecca Krzyzosiak, Marketing Manager, The Old Church School

“I found Chris to be an extremely intelligent individual who always came up with constructive ideas as to how we could improve our publications. In my view, Chris is very apt in working at a commercial speed in a commercial environment, and always found him to be hard-working and diligent, with a great passion for his work.

He constantly produced work of a high standard and never missed any kind of deadline. I would also say that Chris is an excellent communicator at all levels and portrays a very professional approach. I have no hesitation in recommending him.”

- Page Tuck, Managing Director, Link Publishing

“Chris delivered a fantastic social media workshop to our team, with follow-up support on blogging and tweeting. It gave us the knowledge, tools and confidence to build our social media presence across high-profile platforms.

We’ve since gone on to win new business on the back of the techniques Chris taught us. A fantastic result – many thanks.”

- Harriette Hobbs, Director, Stratton Craig

“Chris is excellent for all Comms: witty, caring, intellectual, but can also see the words from our view: handles massive amounts of disparate inputs and comes back with tangible, interesting reading, informative views that mean we see the strength of our own knowledge.

Once you have worked with Chris, then to find an alternative will be like looking for the gold at the end of a rainbow.”

- Keith Willett, Founder, Sanderson & Neale Group

“The future of corporate blogging aligns with the future of how businesses will promote themselves online. Our Blog delivered more than five thousand visitors in less than six weeks – this service, quite simply, works.

It is going to be huge. Absolutely awesome! Grab this amazing opportunity before your competitors start using it.”

- Thomas Power, Chairman, Ecademy.com

“Chris has helped elevate my online status and carefully guided my company through the etiquette of social media. Building my brand with care, attention, and professional thoroughness. I heartily recommend him – he will make a difference.”

- Amanda Thomas, Founder, Amango Photography

“Once the feature produced by Chris had been published, the health reporter was inundated with public inquiries.

We sold out of the product promoted in the editorial within 48 hours. Incredible!”

- Reyna Knight, Distributor, Forever Living Products PLC

“No messing. A true journo who really knows his stuff. Highly recommended.”

- Simon Apps, Managing Director, Professional Images

“The social media training has helped me overcome my worry of not knowing where to start with social media. It was delivered in a very friendly, professional and experiential way to a group with mixed levels of aptitude. I really enjoyed it, and have joined Twitter already!”

- Rosie Pullin, Director, Pullin Rose

“Chris provided media relations for an event, and what a result: within six days, he’d secured a primetime BBC interview, front page daily newspaper coverage, as well as a number of articles published in our target consumer magazines.”

- Franco Lombardi, Director, Moda Hairdressing

“Having worked on delivering a new website and a social media marketing pilot programme for Trollbeads in the UK, we were looking for someone to take on the ongoing role of creating the core social media content.

Having ‘met’ Chris via Twitter and been a fan of his blog, we were delighted to introduce him as our recommended supplier for the ongoing work. He picked up from where we left off brilliantly, and the client was confident to make him a part of their ongoing team.”

- Bryony Thomas, Director, Clear Thought Consulting

“Thanks for the great introduction into the world of social media. The workshop was very informative and gave me the overview I needed to kick start my social media networking.”

- Leon Thompson, Founder, Creative Direction

If you’d like to work with Chris, it’s really simple – get in touch here.