download this software, free trial
webceo.com. its like a wizard and can help break down the different principles
competitor research
keyword research
different ways to place words phrases on your site (in url, title, description, etc)
then getting backlinks with anchor text going back to your site
and working every day on getting more and more backlinks
i remember starting this thread some time back
The first months results of our SEO campaign inside
about 2 months after i put my mind to this stuff, 3/4 of the keywords i targetted, some pretty competitive, were in the 1-3 spots in google
i know people can get pissy around here for helping others with questions like this, because your training the competitors who are going to be taking your biz in a few years, but the reality is that most people learn this stuff from reading boards, and it takes a special typoe of person to take advantage of it
check out forums.digitalpoint.com, all they talk about is the techniques of getting traffic, linkbuilding, keyword research, etc