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Smart Internet Niche Marketing
Internet niche marketing is a field which can be lucrative for many as long as they study the industry first and make an honest effort to learn about the industry. Even those without a formal education can excel in Internet niche marketing as long as they understand the key elements of the industry. Such elements include selecting a niche carefully, organizing an effective marketing campaign and undergoing a continuing education process to stay aware of the trends in the industry.*Select a Niche CarefullyOne of the most important components of a smart Internet niche marketing campaign is to select a niche carefully. A niche is a specific subdivision of a broader category.The owner of a niche website is usually quite knowledgeable about this particular topic and capable of creating quality content which is highly informative and accurate. Knowledge of a particular niche subject is one of the first factors a marketer sh

onist and further motivations for it.

• Interaction with allies. We get to know the other characters in the story.

• Journey to the Goddess . Hero et al journey to meet the goddess.

• Separation . Hero and some allies detach.

• Hero marvels at the new world. Hero and romantic interest interaction.

• The wisdom of sea4rching for the Goddess is referenced.

• Hero meets others searching for similar insights.

• Meeting with the Goddess . Hero encounters a value that is outside his normal frame of reference and behavior and one that he will sacrifice himself for – the Sword[save himself or save the mentor, Morpheus].

• Reattachment . Hero rejoins allies.

• Hero led into the Ordeal by an animal [Neo notices a black cat].

• Antagonist captures Mentor (Sword) [Morheus sacrifices himself to save Neo, Smith et al capture Morpheus, antagonism far superior in strength than the mentor].

• Escape from

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The Matrix (1999) follows the Hero's Journey template...

• Voiceover introducing context [similar to Scarface which uses visuals and text or Star Wars which just uses text].

• Introduce the antagonism [Smith pursues Trinity].

• Introduce the hero in his Ordinary World [Neo on his computer]. Led into the adventure by an animal [White Rabbit]. Foreshadow of the Ordeal [reference to the Matrix].

• Hero led to the herald [punky friends invite Neo to the party]. Unusual as the herald usually travels to the hero.

• Herald gives the Call to Adventure [Trinity tells Neo he is really looking for the Matrix]. Herald knows about the hero but the hero doesn't recognize the herald.

• Hero refuses the call to adventure [Neo refuses to jump; drops the cell phone].

• Punishment for refusing the call to adventure [Smith inserts the squid inside Neo]. References to the mentor / supernatural aid (Morpheus). Enhance the character of the antagonist.

• Hero commits to the journey to the mentor [Neo says “yes” to Morpheus on the phone].

• Hero travels to the mentor in the dead of night and in the rain and thunder. Danger / conflict on the way to the journey to the mentor [Trinity removes the squid from Neo's stomach].

• The power of the mentor indicated [Trinity warns Neo that Morpheus knows more than he can imagine, outside the door].

• Hero meets the mentor. The mentor knows and has been searching and watching the hero – a surprise to the hero.

• Mentor provides hero with spiritual advice. Hero consciously decides to journey on the adventure [Neo takes the red pill].

• Hero journeys to the First Threshold [“it means buckle your seat Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye bye”].

• There is danger in the crossing to the First Threshold[Neo goes into arrest].

• Hero crosses into the First Threshold [Neo wakes up in the pod]. This world is completely different form that from which he has come].

• Strange and magical creatures inhabit the First Threshold [one of the machines unplugs and releases Neo].

• Belly of the Whale . Hero makes a physical break from his Old World [needles, rebuilding muscles, using his eyes for the first time].

• Road of Trials . Hero begins learning about this new world – taught by the mentor ; spiritual lessons by the mentor[Neo learns the year (2199), the ship (Nebuchadnezzar)., introduced to allies (Tank et al), enters the matrix, learns of the real world; learns of the enemy (AI machines), learns of the antagonism (humans are power cells).

• Resistance to the rules of this New World [Neo wants out].

• Impossibility of the return [Neo can't go back]. The destiny and superior nature of the hero is referenced.

• Hero told of the magical place at the end of the Ordeal (end of the ye.llow brick road). Loyal ally introduced.

• Hero begins to grow stronger [simulated](training begins). Hero has natural abilities, as is normal for the superior being.

• Hero grows stronger [practical, training, guided by the mentor]. Hero resists. And grows. Until he matches the mentor. Again, his superior skills are noted.

• Real World test. Hero shows the possibilities. Doves present. Hero fails. The final step will be the apotheosis [Neo fails the jump off the building].

• The Shape Shifter is introduced. Conflicts with the hero.

• Mentor teaches the hero about the antagonist. The magnitude of the power of the antagonist is referenced. Foreshadow of the conflict between the hero and the antagonist.

• Significant attack of the antagonist. Through wisdom, hero diverts the attack.

• Develop the Shifter . Hero interacts with the hero. Shifters motivations referenced. Shifter warns the hero of the antagonist.

• Shifter's true nature revealed. His deal with the antagonist and further motivations for it.

• Interaction with allies. We get to know the other characters in the story.

• Journey to the Goddess . Hero et al journey to meet the goddess.

• Separation . Hero and some allies detach.

• Hero marvels at the new world. Hero and romantic interest interaction.

• The wisdom of sea4rching for the Goddess is referenced.

• Hero meets others searching for similar insights.

• Reattachment . Hero rejoins allies.

• Hero led into the Ordeal by an animal [Neo notices a black cat].

• Antagonist captures Mentor (Sword) [Morheus sacrifices himself to save Neo, Smith et al capture Morpheus, antagonism far superior in strength than the mentor].

• Escape from

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he antagonist.