How to convert viral articles into members?

[Pepelepew]

Occasionally my articles goes viral and I get a lot of visitors for a few days but not really any of them convert into members. How do you handle this problem?

 

[Old Nick]

Maybe visitors would only be able to access a certain percentage of the article...

 

[CypherForums]

Restrict the content for the guest user

 

[Casa Ivar]

...but the it will not go viral... I would suggest a pop up encouraging to sign up. Not much more you can do.

 

[combatgamez]

Or have a part 1 and part 2 of the article, but you can only log in for part 2, use some sort of quick sign up method that doesnt require a heavy sign up process so they can read part 2.... or you call to actions like "if you liked this article you can find many more but need to be a member to access"... or something similar.

Also make the articles only available for a period of time then you need to log in to view the article in full, after say 7 days..

Good question.