I Beat Home Depot !

I know this isn't guaranteed to last, and no sales yet, but I wanted to share something that was discovered this evening. Just as the WA training instructs, I...

1. Chose a product to review
2. Wrote my review - in great detail
3. Researched keyword phrases relentlessly - every combination I could think of
4. Found two keyword phrase "gems" with decent traffic and very low competition
5. Used those two phrases in my headline, in the first two paragraphs
6. Worked lots of other high-traffic keywords in throughout the copy
7. Posted it
8. Added it to Google's index
9. Shared it on Facebook, Twitter and Google+
10. Waited

1-2 weeks later, Jaaxy says it's on page 1, position 2.

When searching with private browsing turned on, and also in a second browser while logged out of Google (both without using quotes around my keyword phrase), these are the search results (rankings):

1. Amazon
2. Amazon
3. My Site
4. Home Depot, etc.

Wealthy Affiliate training works, but you have to bust your butt doing everything above. This isn't something that can be whipped out in one afternoon - at least not for me. It took an incredible amount of time, which I hope can be reduced with experience.

Even if I don't get faster, though, having consistent sales as a result of very detailed reviews will make them worth all of the effort. Time will tell. For now, the waiting game continues as I watch for clicks on the affiliate links, then sales.

Bart