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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+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.

Julian Wates

Managing Director

Julian has a deep understanding of the internet and how businesses can use it to grow, covering everything from bespoke WordPress and WooCommerce builds to smart site structure, on-page SEO, and digital campaigns.

Julian Wates

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  • Why Likes on Social Media Don’t Matter as Much as You Think

    June 22, 2026

    A like costs nothing; an enquiry means someone might actually pay you. Here’s why your posts do well while the phone still doesn’t ring, and what brings the work in.

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  • How to track AI traffic in GA4

    June 17, 2026

    If you are not sure whether AI is sending you any business yet and want to know how to track AI traffic in GA4 then talk to us!

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  • Why Website Content Matters

    June 8, 2026

    Quality content engages potential customers, instills trust, and establishes you as an expert in your field. But beyond this, your content has an enormous impact on search engines and conversion rates.

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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.

  • 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
  • How lucky am I? Very.

    With an unworkable, old fashioned website and not enough technical knowledge to mend it, what was I to do? I was unable to show off my new yarns or craft courses. I asked Sokada for their advice. Sokada consists of a professional, friendly, ungeeky team and they had the answer. So how did they know what I needed? They asked lots of questions. Once they knew my style, likes and dislikes they were able to make positive suggestions. Then they assessed my technical ability. I needed some updating in my social media platform knowledge and now we can soar. I have a website which is not off-the-shelf but unique to me. How lucky am I? Very. Thank you Julian and the Sokada Team.

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

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