Web designer in need of seo help for portfolio help.. thanks!?

I am a web designer who has good experience in web design. What i am doing now is designing a portfolio site for myself in hopes of getting more business. I have read so many online seo sites and forums but i cant get my site a reasonable page-rank. If someone can look at my site and give me tips or refer me to an affordable and effective seo service that would be great. My site is urlocalwebdesigner.com (also if have any tips on my site that would be awesome to ;) Thank you so much!!!!