Sokada — web design and digital marketing in East Sussex
Sokada

Web Design & Marketing Agency.

We’ll create you a website that helps grow your business.

Our team specialises in building bespoke websites and developing digital strategies that give your brand a boost to help your business thrive.

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Hart Reade Solicitors

+62% Increase in enquiries YTD vs Last Year

About us.

We’re Sokada, a family-run web design and marketing agency based in Heathfield, East Sussex. Julian has been building websites for 30 years, going back to when most businesses didn’t even have one. Jude has been doing marketing long enough to know what actually works and what just wastes your money. Between us we run a small team of designers, developers and content people who genuinely care whether your website brings you enquiries.

Most of the businesses we talk to have been through the same frustrating loop. They paid someone local a few hundred quid for a website. Then they handed the marketing to a different agency who never looked at the site itself. Nothing was joined up, nothing was planned around results, and the enquiries never came. Nobody could tell them why.

We work differently. We build bespoke WordPress sites with proper on-page SEO, clean structure and schema set up for how Google and AI search engines actually read a page now. Then we run the marketing on top of it. Because a great website with no marketing sits there doing nothing, and great marketing pointed at a broken website just wastes your money faster.

If something we’re doing isn’t going to help you, we’ll tell you. If your current site only needs a tidy-up rather than a rebuild, we’ll say that too. No waffle, no ticking boxes, no over-promising. Honest work from a team that actually wants your phone to start ringing.

Jude Wates

Jude Wates is our Marketing Director, heading up the marketing team and driving growth. Whether it is working on on-page SEO, paid ads or the dreaded social media, Jude and her team are always kept very busy!

Jude Wates

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  • What Is the Meta One Subscription?

    October 27, 2026

    The Meta One subscription is Meta’s paid membership for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta AI. We explain the plans, prices, the Facebook two link limit and whether it is worth it for your business.

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  • How Much Should a Small Business Spend on Google Ads?

    October 8, 2026

    There is no set price for Google Ads. Find out how daily budgets work, how to work out a budget from the enquiries you need, and the signs you are spending too little or too much.

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  • How To Add Your Social Media to Google Search Console

    August 17, 2026

    Google Search Console now lets you add Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube as properties. Here is how to connect yours and what the data actually tells you.

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What our clients have to say.

Don’t just take our word for it; hear some of the fantastic things our clients have to say about working with us.

  • Well worth the investment.

    Julian and Stephen and the team are the best! Julian really took the time to find out exactly what we wanted from our website and gently nudged us in the right direction to achieve exactly what we needed. We’re so happy with the finished result and Julian continues to support us with any additions, or if we get stuck trying to manage things on our own. Julian’s customer service is second to none and he has the patience of a saint when faced with such hardcore technophobes. Well worth the investment.

    Coffin Club
  • I have received lots of compliments for the new look, and I’m very proud of the results.

    The team at Sokada, led by Julian Wates with Charlie Saunders and Stephen Evans, has worked really hard to prepare my new website. I have received lots of compliments for the new look, and I’m very proud of the results. The ongoing training I have been given by Charlie leaves me confident that I can update the site whenever I need to. I have no hesitation in recommending Sokada.

    Mark Jonathan Multi-Award Winning Lighting Designer

Working With Businesses Across Sussex and the UK.

We work with businesses across all sorts of industries, including plumbers, builders, catering companies, accountants, solicitors, wedding venues and plenty more besides. We’re based in Heathfield, East Sussex, and many of our clients are local to us in Heathfield, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield and Crowborough, but we work with businesses right across the UK too. Wherever you’re based and whatever your industry, if you’re looking for a team that can bring your website and marketing together and help generate more enquiries, we’d love to hear from you.

30 years
Building websites that actually get results
3x More Enquiries
Average increase for clients in their first six months

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97%
Of our clients see improved search visibility within 90 days
1-in-3
New clients come to us through referrals from existing clients