I have been trying to potty train my son and so far so good.  I have been putting his potty in what ever room he is in so it is always there as a reminder.  I had it in the bathroom but when ever he was watching TV or playing he couldn't be bothered to go all the way to the bathroom.  Once he gets the hang of it and I don't need to ask him all the time to go to the bathroom I am going to slowly move the potty to the bathroom.  This may not work for some children but it is working great for Austin.  Well every time my son uses the potty he would get a sticker.  At first he was so excited but now he isn't so excited to have a sticker.  So I tried to think what else I could give him as a prize.  I thought about candy and chocolate but that didn't last very long in my head.  Then I thought about toys but I knew it would get way to expensive with toys so what I did was took all his little toys in his room and placed them in a bag,  boy does he have a lot.  So now instead of a stickers I get him to pick  two of his toys from the bag and some of the toys that were at the bottom of the toy box are all new to him.

I hope this works for you, and good luck potty training.