A personal problem that creates a distraction or a better or newer product can all be to blame, but what is to consider is how to remedy this situation.

There should be ways in place of motivating your affiliates to keep on going, and contents are a great way to do so.

Affiliate contests are an excellent way of jump starting sales and motivating members of your affiliate program to do their best. They can be reminded of the product and the affiliate program and the fact that it is still important.

These contests are also a great way to give your affiliates a goal to consider, as everybody likes to be the winner at some point or another.

There are some people out there who naturally like to compete with one another. Nobody likes to be upstaged, especially when it comes to work and so members of an affiliate program will be motivated to be top when it comes to their affiliate program.

There are people out there who enjoy the recognition that comes with winning a contest. They want to feel like they have done a great job by winning the contest and they will know that the product owner appreciates the hard work that they have been putting in.

There are so many ways out there that you can choose to hold a contest. Some of them are based on the level of sales obtained or the dollar amount attained, or even the quantity of products that are sold. If there are numerous products being sold, base the contest on a single one of the products in particular.

If you have the type of affiliate program that is tiered from sale to sale and affiliate to affiliate, you can offer the type of contest that has to do with recruitment.

The numbers of people who are recruited are what the contest can be based upon, and the winner is the person who has recruited the most people to the program that month.

This type of contest can greatly grow your affiliate program, but it is important to motivate your affiliates to sell products and recruit affiliates.

Occasionally, a program of this type can get boring after a while or associates can fail to participate. Having a program that entices the participants to have the person with the most improvement shown as the winner are great incentives

For whatever contest you choose, there are a whole slue of prizes that you can choose from. Cash is always popular with everyone, and is universal with all affiliates.

Some people enjoy extra commission per product sold, especially if they have sold lots and lots of products that month. Gift certificates, spa treatments or anything else of that nature is always a good idea as well.

Having a contest is the best way to boost your sales and to bring some fun competition into your program. Building the program will make more money for you and less work for you and more money for the people involved as well.