If you keep an eye on your blog stats, sometimes you might notice a traffic spike on a specific post. Usually this spike comes from a link from another blog or website, linking to a meme or a social bookmark. (More on social bookmarking coming soon.)

Seeing all this extra traffic is exciting. But instead of just sitting back and enjoying the higher numbers, why not take advantage of this new traffic? After all, wouldn’t it be great to turn some of this one-time traffic into returning traffic?

When you notice this traffic spike, take a minute or two to add a few lines at the bottom of that post that’s bringing in all the visitors.

Something like this works well:

Welcome new visitors! I’m glad to have you here. If you like this post, you also might enjoy these (link to 2 or 3 of your most favorite posts). You can subscribe to this blogs feed by clicking here. (Add a link to your RSS feed.)