1. Meta tags are VERY important, both meta titles AND descriptions. But keyword tags not as much.
2. Link Building with your targeted keywords as anchor text. You can find link builders on sites that provide SEO services.
p.s. When you do that, focus on quality but not quantity. That is, to rank well on one keyword is better than ranking 60th place on 10 keywords.
3. Use H1 tag, because it places weight on ranking as well. But only 1 per page.
4. Google likes domains with years to go and ranks them better. But I'm not sure how long is good.
5. Use ALT tags for images.
6. Use a lot of keywords on your content. But stay at around 3% on a given page. Dont over do it.
7. Internal Linking.
8. Google loves BLOGs!
