City of Oaks Marketing

Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, City of Oaks Marketing is a digital agency founded in 2019 that serves clients worldwide, working with a small senior team rather than large account layers. The agency positions itself around custom WordPress development paired with SEO and AI search optimization, aiming to make sites fast, usable, and visible in both traditional search engines and AI answer tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Its work spans companies needing rebuilt or new websites, from startups to more established brands, with examples including a migration from Squarespace to custom WordPress for one client that reportedly improved performance and SEO scores and reduced page load time. The agency's core method is hand-coded WordPress development without page builders such as Elementor, intended to avoid bloat and improve Core Web Vitals and load speed. Its SEO and AI Optimization service covers technical and organic SEO alongside AI search visibility work, using semantic HTML, structured data, and answer-first content built into sites from the initial code rather than added afterward. Web Design & Branding covers brand identity and interface work with mobile-first, accessible markup. A separate Marketing & Analytics service provides data-driven campaigns and reporting. The stated engagement process runs through four stages — strategy, design, build, and optimize — with the agency remaining involved after launch to measure and refine results as traffic develops.