practice makes perfect!! I've been soldering for a few years, and most of my jobs look like a right pigs ear

Applying too much heat will kill the chip, so you want to do it quickly. get he iron nice and hot (leave it on for 5 mins), tiny bit of solder on the iron first, then clean the tip on a bit of wet sponge, then put the iron where you want the solder to be, push the solder in next to it, and voila, perfect solder joint!

I make it sound so easy