How to rank new website

Hi,

First post here, but been reading many interesting post here!

I am in the process of creating a new website for my business (wordpress), and I have not quite figured out what I need to do in order for the page to rank high.

The business is a consulting service aimed at clients geographically located in one city.
My competition is not very large so it should be possible to rank high on google (there are a few large cooperations that might be difficult to beat).

The website is very basic:
- Home
- Services
- Service 1
- Service 2, etc
- About us
- News (planning on posting interesting articles that has to do with the services we provide)

So what should I focus on? I hear all this talk about backlinks, PBN and what not.
There are not many keywords I need to rank on, maybe 3-5.

Is it important to set up LinkedIn, Facebook page, Google business, Wikipedia?

Hope someone can give me some good advice!

Hi Gmannya,

feel free to have a look at this wonderful guide which has been shared by @Zwielicht -> The Ultimate Guide To Ranking A Website

http://neilpatel.com/2014/12/02/improve-google-rankings-without-getting-penalized/
You will check out the guides in the forums.
Learn more about on ON page and OFF page methods.

Check out these threads mate. I think it may helpful to you.
http://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-rank-a-quick-guide-for-newbies.781273/
http://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/me...ywords-to-google-page-1-in-30-45-days.818736/
Yes, LinkedIn, Facebook page, and Google business etc also help.
Build some quality PBN backlinks, Guest posts and Authority links.

Thank you, guys! I will read those guides for sure!