It took about 6 months to begin to appear on Top 10 for the major keywords on this project.  Since the first indication of results the client website never placed in the top 15 pages of Google.  Applying all the SEO techniques in the first 3 months and then monitoring and tweaking the website and keyword analysis each month.   The client has now been experiencing regular traffic from these keywords and has been in Top 10 position for almost 6 months.   The client continues to monitor it daily and has only seen the ranking change positively.