Practically everyone who has ever played around with search engine optimization has wanted to know the fastest way to be successful. However, faster is not always the best way to be successful. The best way to be successful with search engine optimization is to go about it in a way that will produce long-term success.
It is better to build links at a consistent, steady pace instead of all of a sudden. If Google notices that your search engine optimization is happening at too fast of a pace, it is possible that you will be penalized because the consider your practices for building links unnatural. The best results will come from building links that are of high quality over an extended period.
Keep your key phrases fresh. Just because your keywords are doing a great job today, does not mean that once your competitors gain some ground on you they may not do as well down the road. Do some research on where you want to be in the future when Google changes up their algorithm.
When you have and idea for a new keyword but do not have the time to optimize it, go ahead and create the page, put a couple of internal links on it and optimize it later.