What if you missed the boat? I know some of you are busy multi-tasking and don’t get a chance to read 5 Star every day, so want to share some of the best blog and forum posts from last month. Here are some May highlights you may have missed, in no particular order.

Find HOT Niches - Goldmine Link List you NEED to Bookmark
What’s Hot? Find Hot Niches! One method of niche marketing is to find smaller niches or sub-niches that are not as competitive. If you are more of a pro, the most DYNAMIC way to profit from niche marketing is to discover hot new products, hot new interests, hot new problems that need to be solved. Then target the niche early and dominate it! Linda’s HOT LIST :: of HOT LINKS :: for finding HOT NICHES!

Affiliate PPC - Help Me, Losing Money - Avoid Common Newbie Mistakes - Ok this is some REALLY good stuff from 2 blogs. If you do PPC or are trying to pick a niche or have a niche you think may be too competitive you need to read!

VIDEO Demo - Build a Tumri AdPod Widget Quick + Easy
The new Tumri AdPod Marketing Widget is extremely easy to set up and flexible too. On Monday I blogged about all the press Tumri, a 5 Star Client, has been getting from TechCrunch, Ad Age, Clickz, Cnet and more. The video below will show you in 3 minutes how it all works. Check it out!

Finding a Profitable Niche - Free Detailed Tutorial
Note: It’s important you read every word in this article. There is NO FLUFF! Found a VERY good, in-depth blog today - basically a tutorial for finding profitable niches. It’s written for Adsense but could apply to niche affiliate sites and niche blogs too.

Announcing New Affiliate Manager and Internet Marketing JOBS Forum
Just added a job board to the 5 Star forum and there are a few good affiliate management openings posted already. The 5 Star forum membership includes primarily affiliate managers, SEO and SEM types, media buyers, affiliate network reps and bloggers so those are the only types of job ads allowed at this time.

Wynn Las Vegas Trademark Bidding TOS Changes
Wynn has a new Trademark Bidding Policy. Wanted to be sure all affiliates got the email and read it carefully. May 31, 2007 Re: Program Terms for Your Publisher Service Agreement Dear Affiliate: We are contacting you on behalf of Wynn Las Vegas, LLC to thank you for your efforts…

CJ - New Code of Conduct Affiliates and Merchants Should Read
Kellie has an eye for these things and a knack for telling it like it is. Both merchants and affiliates need to read as Kellie explains the ramifications of the subtle, yet important changes to the COC.

Start Thin - Grow Fat :: Million Dollar Affiliate Advice
Start thin and grow fat! This goes along with a post I recently wrote about a very efficient method for testing new affiliate marketing campaigns and new niche ideas before investing too heavily with your time.

400 Cash Blogging Contest - Best Internet Marketing BUZZ - Bloggers rev up those blogging engines and get ready to win some cash! 2 prizes! $300 CASH - BIGGEST Buzz! :: $100 CASH – BEST Buzz!