Anne Pryor is an artist and business coach from Navarre who has a diverse career involving art, coaching, consulting, and volunteering. She encourages building an authentic online personal brand through curating thoughtful content, regularly updating profiles, and making meaningful connections. Pryor also helps others through career coaching and providing pro bono LinkedIn training through nonprofit groups. Her diverse work brings her joy and allows her to positively impact others.

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W
hen you talk with Anne Pryor, her
excitement about life and work
comes through vividly. “A friend
calls me an oracle. I reveal the divine pur-
pose in others,” says Pryor, who’s translated
her varied skills into an eclectic and down-
right cool career, with branches in art,
coaching, media and more. “I have what I
call a ‘freedom plan portfolio career life,’”
she says with a chuckle. “If you picture a
flower with five petals, that’s me.”
Two days a week, Pryor does profes-
sional coaching and speaking engagements
out of her office in Navarre. She spends a
day doing consulting and strategy work,
helping executives develop their online
presence. Another day, she’s volunteering
with Ready for Success, working with dis-
located or economically stressed men and
women. She uses her work experience and
knack for visual presentation to help them
navigate the sometimes awkward world of
developing a wardrobe and dressing appro-
priately for an interview or new job. “I help
them look and feel confident and signifi-
cant,” Pryor explains.
On a fifth day each week, she’s in her
studio, creating art. After a posthumous
communication from a friend years ago,
Pryor was inspired to begin painting with
ink and essential oils on plastic—using her
breath instead of paintbrushes. She created
what she coined the “Lovitude” symbol, a
visual representation of love and gratitude,
“the highest energy in the universe,” she
says. She gifted Lovitude pendants to pro-
fessors in her master’s program, and their
positive response inspired her to trade-
mark the icon. Now she paints a variety of
brightly colored original works—including
variations on that symbol—that are said to
energize souls and help them do their high-
est good. Her art has been printed on pil-
lows, cards and other retail items available
at local spots like Kowalski’s, Bachman’s,
the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and
the General Store of Minnetonka, plus
other locations nationally.
While Pryor’s work brings her in contact
with different clientele and plays on her
diverse talents, it all facilitates purposeful
connections between people. “The high-
light of my morning is opening my email
and hearing from clients, ‘I got a raise,’ ‘I
got offered a job,’ [or] ‘I’m writing a book,’”
Pryor says. “Leaning into my expertise and
unearthing thought leadership on behalf of
others … that’s what it’s all about.”
written by Monique Kleinhuizen | photos by Emily J. Davis

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Navarre artist and business coach
Anne Pryor shares her strategies
for building a true-to-yourself
online brand.
The Lovitude symbol.

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“Pryoritize” Your Digital Brand
Pryor’s friends refer to her as the
LinkedIn Doctor, and for good reason.
She spends much of her time working
with executives who want to up their
online game in order to create new busi-
ness opportunities, land a promotion,
network more efficiently or simply “bring
their brand to life online,” says Pryor.
“They say, ‘Anne, can you polish me up?
I’m embarrassed online.’” After more of
those phone calls than she can recall,
she’s learned a few things about coming
across well through thumbnail photos
and taglines. Here’s her to-do list for
refreshing and reinventing your online
profile—no matter your career.
Know Who You Are
In order to put yourself in the best light
online, you have to understand who you
really are. Ask yourself what brings you
joy, what you bring to a team and what
your best assets are—and then focus on
those things. Select photos and words
that are true to your personality and por-
tray your best self.
Know Where You Want to Go
“Your LinkedIn profile is like a flashing
digital billboard,” Pryor says. “Ask for
what you desire—and be willing to allow
what comes of it. Accept, appreciate,
acknowledge—and then act!”
Refresh Weekly
On Sundays at 3:30 p.m., Pryor does her
weekly LinkedIn “oil change,” the minor
maintenance that keeps everything else
humming for her online. She’ll make
small tweaks like swapping in a fresh
photo, sharing a powerful quote or article
or updating the descriptions of her work
experience. It’s her way of celebrating
where she’s been and starting the next
week on the right foot.
“You can really
change the world—
and yourself—by lifting
other people up. I make
time to do that—and
I just love my life.”
ANNE PRYOR

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Invite Four People
to LinkedIn Weekly
People don’t often think of their personal
contacts as having networking poten-
tial, but as they say, “It’s not what you
know; it’s who you know.” Connect with
untapped friends and family members—
or business contacts you’ve met recent-
ly—to make sure your online network is
as robust and current as your face-to-
face one. You never know when you’ll be
able to make a connection.
Get a Makeover
Especially in these doldrums of winter,
give yourself a little TLC—because your
profile pic speaks volumes about who
you are and what you’re about. “Get new
glasses, color your hair, get a new photo
taken, polish your teeth,” Pryor says. “Do
something—even something little—to
make yourself feel and look great.”
Curate Your Content
Be on the lookout for relevant content
that will establish you as a thought leader
in your network. Read something inter-
esting in the Sunday business section?
Come across a great quote in that novel
you’re re-reading for the fifth time? Write
a white paper or article recently? If you
found it helpful, others might, too. Pryor
explains that LinkedIn has become a
perfect spot to hone a personal brand over
time—kind of a part-blog, part-resume
that never sleeps—and become estab-
lished as an authority on certain topics or
in certain industries. “LinkedIn is such a
media-rich format,” she says. “People truly
don’t need websites anymore.”
Volunteer
Pryor gives back by providing pro-bono
LinkedIn training and speaking through
nonprofit organizations and associations
and student groups. She takes phone calls
Monday through Friday between 7:33
a.m. and 8:33 a.m. to provide direction
and advice to job seekers. She suggests
that clients volunteer regularly for two
separate organizations: one that has a
vocational focus and lets them give back
while also developing work-related skills,
and one that’s completely avocational.
“You can really change the world—and
yourself—by lifting other people up,” says
Pryor. “I make time to do that—and I just
love my life.”
Pryority Partnership, Inc.
2500 Shadywood Road, Suite 540, Navarre
annepryor.com | lovitude.com
@annepryor

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