I thought these slides on Wordpress SEO were very good for beginners and experts alike. From fellow Kentuckian Matt Cutts at Google presented during Wordcamp SF.
In my opinion, there simply is no better and faster way to get a good looking site online than with Wordpress. Throw some work into the theme and choose a good set of plugins and you can then concentrate on developing high quality content – which is the essence of any successful site or blog.
