Helping Businesses Stand Out.
Every day, small businesses fade into the background of crowded markets simply because they struggle to communicate what makes them special.
You might be charging less than you're worth, getting lost among competitors, or watching potential clients choose other options because they can't see your true value.
Bridging the Gap
We saw passionate entrepreneurs caught between expensive agencies with complex solutions and oversimplified templates that don't capture what makes them unique.
So we built a bridge.
We took our decades of experience building brands for global companies and reimagined it specifically for small businesses. Our approach is systematic yet personal, sophisticated yet accessible.
Our Approach: The Brand Foundations Framework
At the heart of our work is our proprietary Brand Foundations Framework — a structured system designed specifically for small businesses who need clarity about what makes them different.
Unlike cookie-cutter templates or overwhelming agency processes, our framework follows these essential phases:
Discover
We uncover what truly makes your business special, revealing valuable strengths and differentiators that you might be too close to see.
Design
We transform your brand strategy into a cohesive visual language with tailored typography, colors, and component libraries that consistently reflect your unique positioning across all touchpoints.
Develop
We craft clear, compelling messaging and positioning that articulates your unique value to your ideal customers in ways that resonate and stand out.
Direct
We activate your brand strategy by implementing your visual and messaging systems across key touchpoints, ensuring consistent market presence that resonates with ideal clients.
Declare
We create practical implementation tools and strategies to help you consistently express your brand's uniqueness across all customer touchpoints.
Defend
We create brand standards that unite your strategic positioning with your visual design system, providing a roadmap for consistent brand expression across all communications.
Meet the Team
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Jon Czeranna
Co-Founder
Jon is the Co-Founder of Wit & Craft and creator of The Brand Lab™, where he has dedicated over 20 years to helping small businesses uncover and articulate their competitive advantage. Through his proprietary Brand Positioning Framework, he guides ambitious entrepreneurs to better connect with customers, stand out from competitors, and command premium pricing. His passion lies in empowering businesses to stop competing on price and start owning their market.
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Lissa Engleman
Co-Founder
Lissa’s favorite part of the job has always been finding a key insight and building a strategic campaign upon that finding. She’s been at it for 20 years, working for both big and small advertising firms on businesses that include Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, WM Wrigley, Dell, Emerson, and Temper Sealy International. When you don’t find Lissa immersed in solving the latest message or brand strategy, chances are she’s working alongside the creative team to help pinpoint the best ideas and refine the work for the biggest impact.
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Taylor Mohney
Account Manager
Taylor is an Account Manager with project management experience in the e-commerce, marketing, and telecommunications industries. Driven by people-first language, she is a strong communicator with a skill set rooted in efficiency and lifelong learning. She focuses on cultivating client relationships and applying her diverse history of work experience to ensure her clients' success. Taylor brings brand experience through her work, side by side with household name brands, to launch B2B and B2C e-commerce sites supported by inventory management, design, and promotional products.
FAQ’s
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We work with ambitious small business owners who are tired of blending in. If you've been in business for a few years, you know you're good at what you do, but you're struggling to articulate what makes you different—or worse, you're competing on price when you know you offer more value—we can help. Our sweet spot is working with service-based and product businesses doing $500K-$5M in annual revenue who are ready to invest in lasting differentiation, not just another logo redesign.
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You're stuck in the middle. Templates and DIY branding tools oversimplify the challenge, while big agencies are out of reach with their premium prices and complex processes. We bridge that gap. We help you uncover what truly makes your business different, then give you the frameworks and tools to articulate that difference in ways that command attention and premium pricing. Think of us as translators—we take sophisticated brand strategy and make it accessible and actionable for your business.
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We built bridges where others built walls. Most agencies either talk over your head with complex theory or dumb things down with cookie-cutter templates. We do neither. Our proprietary Brand Lab™ system transforms decades of big-agency brand strategy into frameworks designed specifically for small businesses. We don't just hand you a brand guide and wish you luck—we work alongside you in collaborative workshops that build your internal capability while developing your strategy. You walk away not just with a differentiated brand, but with the knowledge to maintain and evolve it yourself.
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We start with a free consultation to understand your business and challenges. If we're a good fit, you'll join our Brand Lab™ program, which combines strategic workshops, hands-on exercises, and guided discovery sessions. We'll dig into what makes you truly different, uncover your hidden competitive advantages, and translate your expertise into clear, compelling positioning. The process is systematic but never formulaic—structured enough to get predictable results, personal enough to capture what's uniquely you. By the end, you'll have a complete brand strategy toolkit and the confidence to use it.
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The Brand Lab™ process itself typically runs 1-6 months, depending on your program. But here's what matters more: you'll gain clarity in the first workshop. That "aha" moment when you finally see what makes you different? That happens fast. From there, you'll start implementing your new positioning across your marketing, and clients typically see momentum building within 60-90 days. This isn't a quick fix—it's a foundation for lasting differentiation. We're building brand equity that will serve your business for years, not just creating a campaign that fades in a few months.
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We build brands, not just visuals. While a strong visual identity is part of what we create, it's built on the foundation of clear brand strategy. We start with the hard strategic work—uncovering your unique value, defining your positioning, crafting your messaging—because that's what actually drives business growth. The design follows the strategy, never the other way around. If someone only needs a logo, we're probably not the right fit. But if you need to transform how your entire business shows up in the market, let's talk.
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You're not alone—many of our best clients come to us after a disappointing experience elsewhere. Maybe you got a beautiful brand guide that sits unused on your shelf. Maybe you tried templates that left you feeling generic. Or maybe you worked with an agency that didn't understand small business realities. We get it, and we've designed our approach to be different. We focus on creating strategies you can actually use, tools you can actually implement, and frameworks that actually work for your business. If past branding efforts left you stuck, we'll help you get unstuck.
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Investment levels vary based on the scope of your project and which program best fits your needs. During your free consultation, we'll discuss your specific situation and provide clear pricing. What we can tell you: we're not the cheapest option out there, but we're far more accessible than traditional agency pricing. We position ourselves exactly where our clients are—in that strategic middle ground between overpriced and oversimplified. Our clients see us as an investment in lasting brand equity, not an expense. When you can finally command premium pricing and confidently articulate your value, the return becomes clear.

