Blogger tips for better visibility on Search Engines

To begin with, let me clear things out.. I am a beginner SEO, freshly shoved into that world. I'm currently still learning and positive.. AND negative feedback are most welcome.
So here goes, the first assignment I undertook. There is this bitchy buddy of mine (love her anyway) who is pretty good at blogging and actually takes pleasure in doing so. So, I offered to make her opinion reach out to more people by applying my expertise *cough* on it.
http://theexperimentoflife.blogspot.com/
Right now, it still is a budding project but, if we add some sweat to it, it sure will bloom. And of course, there is also the fact that we're going to make money from it once we obtain a generous amount of regular visitors.
The steps I have undertaken to make this blog the popular guy/girl in the yard are as follows: