Because I’m a topical blogger, I rarely talk about my personal life.  But today, before I talk about share a sale, I wanted to take a moment and share a personal blessing my husband and I enjoyed over the weekend. A couple weeks ago, my husband won two tickets to see a Chris Tomlin concert from his "Hello Love" tour on K-WAVE radio (our local Christian station). The tickets were for this past Saturday in LA at the Universal Citywalk at Universal Studios. In itself, the tickets were a blessing. But, we decided to make it a date night. With a seven year old, we rarely go out just the two of us.

So, Saturday, we headed to LA…it’s about 70 miles from where we live. We arrived at the Citywalk two hours early, and had a great dinner at Tony Romas….best tri tip I have ever had. It was slow cooked, perfectly seasoned, and melted in my mouth.

After dinner, we went to the concert. We had awesome orchestra seating. As if free tickets, a great dinner, and awesome seating weren’t already enough, it turned out, this night, Chris Tomlin was filming his first DVD. One of the cameras was positioned just to our left. So, they blocked the row in front of us, and seats to our immediate left for the camera.  We ended up with a direct line of sight to the stage, and plenty of elbow room.

Then, there was the concert itself….unbelievable!!! I read more people have sung Chris Tomlin’s songs then any other singer in the world throughout all of history. After seeing him live, I get it!!!! The unified worship and devotional energy in the "sold out" amphitheatre was nothing short of a God send.  Nothing I had ever experienced before. We are members of and very involved with Calvary Chapel here in town. In church, we sing several of Chris’s worship songs. But, live, the songs took on a whole new meaning for me. Chris Tomlin’s unwavering love for God, love for people, devotion and appreciation makes him both a great witness and a great entertainer. If you ever get the opportunity to see him live, do it.

I’m posting a You Tube video below of one of my many favorite songs of Chris’s. If you have a moment, listen to it.

"Thank you, Lord, for such a great time."

Okay…on to shareasale.

If you have a site or blog and are looking to “moneytize” it, one way is by using affiliate marketing. There are several affiliate companies out there which I will be blogging, but today I want to talk about share sale.com. Shareasale has a total of 2627 merchant programs which breaks down as follows: 2482 pay-per-sale…these generally pay a commission, 236 pay-per-lead…these generally pay a flat amount for a lead, and 4 pay-per-click (PPC)…these generally pay a few pennies each time their link or banner are clicked on. With such a large inventory of merchants, there should be something to help moneytize any blog or site.

To get started with using shareasale’s merchants. Click on the banner below and fill out application. Once your blog or site is approved by shareasale, you will be given access to their merchant list. Take some time to go through their list to find merchants that compliment your site/blog. When you find a merchant you like, then join that program. Some merchants have automatic approval. Others manually approve sites and blogs. Once approved by a merchant, you can click on “get a link or banner” for html codes for your site/blog.

Shareasale has several features for their affiliates including a variety of reports and more than one site/blog can be registered with them on the same account. Shereasale’s minimum payout is only $50.00. They send checks around the 20^th of each month for previous months earnings.

One major benefit to using a company like shareasale for affiliate marketing, is you don’t have to search for and apply with individual companies.

If you haven’t already started affiliate marketing, give it a try.

Chris Tomlin, "How Great is Our God."

If you live in California or are planning to visit Califonia and are looking for fun Christian things to do, I started a new blog about a month ago.  It's a work-in-progress, but you're welcome to check it out.

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