Hello,
There is only so much you can do to a site to make it ready for search engines. Good title tags, keywords throughout content, alt tags on images, optimized page size, and proper h1 tags. This is the easy part that I can do for you, but the later is more advice to get better results. One thing to remember an active site is going to rank higher then a dormant site. Also, external links from outside sites is a huge help. Social media outlets our a big plus like active Twitter and Facebook pages.
Would love to help you out!
Let me know if you have a questions about me or what I can offer you SEO wise.
Thanks!
Drew