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My article is on the front page of Yahoo! Finance since yesterday, 7 ways to prepare for retirement in your 20s.

Traffic has been pretty awesome and I wonder how I can keep some of that traffic spike. 

I added a subscription option at the end of the post that Yahoo! points to and hopefully will get some new subscribers, but I would love to hear any tips. 

post – Retirement advice for young folks.

What's your best tips on how to keep those random traffic? 

Is there a way to tell which posts the subscribers are coming from? I'm on Google Analytic, but not a power user.

Thanks,

-Joe

LaTisha @YoungFinances said:

Ask for an opt-in at the end of the post. That is one of the best ways to build on your current traffic. You have 3 options at the bottom of the post. If you give one option you should see an increase in response. (via Derek Halpern)

That's a good tip. I changed it to RSS or email subscription. 

Do you think I should just go down to one? I guess email is the way to go.

Aaron Hung said:

Wow, congrats! Any advice on how to land a post with Yahoo?

Yeah, I'd like to know this too haha!!

Joe, do you have an Aweber account?  If not now might be a good time to look into it and try to lock in people for a newsletter.

Or you can direct people to a social account like Facebook or Twitter.  Use a plugin like WP Greet Box and set it up for visits from Yahoo.

I'd never even heard of opt-in, good to know, thanks. It's nice if you can take advantage of traffic spikes!

Pop-up box.  Annoying but effective.

The few times that my article for US News got syndicated to Yahoo Finance, my email subs triple (at minimum).  Majority (>90%) are from my pop-up box via Aweber. 

Also have them strategically placed at the bottom of the post and my sidebar, but they represent a minority of most new optins. 

Congrats on getting your post featured, btw! 

I've noticed that a large chunk of my Yahoo Finance traffic heads right to my About Author page. You should think about updating your page, especially with a visible RSS feed link.

Congrats Joe, I do think you should post some of your 'inventory best' articles now for next one week.

I hate those popup boxes and have unsubscribed to blogs that present them to me more than once.  There should be a cookie or something that prevents me from seeing it again if I've closed it once.