I'm working on a group of sites right now, and could do with tips on SEO'ing titles.
So far I:
Include important keywords first
Exclude the sites title as it isnt a recognised brand name
Removed non alphanumeric characters
Try to keep page titles unique
Use | or - to seperate phrases
keep the important stuff within 63 chars
If anyone has any suggestions, in particular what NOT to include, please post here
Adam