He forgot what I think is one of the most important steps. Before heating the pad and the component lead, touch the solder to the tip of the iron just to wet it a little. The little bit of solder on the tip of the iron really helps in conducting heat to the components. And only use 60/40 lead/tin solder (Radio Shack brand solder works the best.) Save the lead free stuff for when you are in production and someone else is doing the soldering, it is much harder to work with