Rick - how long you been practising
SEO for?
Some of the suggestions here are a bit off the mark. There is no need to submit your site to Google. Even though it only takes a minute it is wasted time.
1. IBP - OK if you do not understand very basic site building principles.
What do you mean by point two? I have read it a couple of times and it makes no sense to me:
2 Off site and onsite blogs again make sure they are optimised (make sure the sites and blogs have xml and html site maps)
3. Reciprocal links are virtually worthless.
4 Is probably the best suggestion - but have you considered duplicate content penalties?
Mickey