Projects To Start 2012

* Motivation
* Sorting out my many Software / Program purchases to decide which are worth using in 2012
* More Work on The Buyer Code but problem with Theme
* My luck could be changing - two LOST program now back and working

The last few weeks have been a busy period both with family and making modifications to business plans for the start of 2012

* Motivation

I have read a few books recently to help my motivation and now have renewed determination to continue with a much more positive attitude.  I do believe that having negative thoughts can only lead to failure and it is most important to never give up as success can, and hopefully will be, just around the corner.

* Sorting Out My New and Old Purchases

I think my main task during the first few weeks of 2012 will be to take stock of my past purchases of Software / Programs and decide which are going to be useful for me to fit into my business plans.  This will probably give me a shock when I see the amount wasted on a lot of useless material.

On the positive side I have built up a vast amount of very useful programs and information which can be put to good use.

* Working on "The Buyer Code"

I am not having much success with the software and theme that was provided with "The Buyer Code" and now looking at purchasing a new theme such as "Wordpress Review Theme". 

My problems are with the CSS editing where the drop down menu options stop working for some unknown reason so I am not able to work on changing the Header Graphics and Text Style and Size.  Most of the problems could be solved manually but I am not advanced enough to work that out.

What should have been a simple installation using the software provided has been more of a major problem wasting a lot of time trying to get the same results by doing manual installations. It appears that I am the only one with this problem so it must be due to some of my computer settings.

I had hoped to have had my first site completed by the start of 2012 but will now have to wait until my Theme problem is solved or maybe after all this time I should abandon this program and look for an alternative.

* My Luck could be changing for the better

At last my luck seems to be changing as two items I thought were lost have now come back to life.

Camtasia studio 3
A number of years ago I obtained a free copy of Camtasia Studio 3 from Techsmith but lost it due to a hard drive crash.  I could not find the acceptance email and code so could not get another copy.

Recently I was searching one of my external drives and found all the required information and now it is up and running. I am looking forward to making use of Camtasia and even though it is an old copy it is still very powerful.

SiteSales.com
The next good news was that a site where I bought lifetime membership, but thought it had gone down, has now come back to life.

In July this year I joined SiteSales.com which is described as a Platform to build and manage websites. This was a special limited offer for testing the product before launch which started off very well but contact with the developer was lost and the program was not upgraded as promised.

This now appears to be on go again with new webinars and promised upgrades but no indication of a launch date.  Before it can be offered as a monthly subscription site it will need some improvement as it will be competing with the recently launched Autobuildit which has a starting price of $47 per month for one site up to $97 per month for unlimited sites.

My investment was $497 for life time membership including building unlimited sites and when launched it could be in the region of $67 to $97 a month depending on number of sites to build. A final price has not been announced.

On that basis I have a bargain as long as the development continues and the program is launched to cover future development costs.   

It looks like I have a busy time in front of me but must keep focused on one project at a time.

Best Wishes for 2012

Mike