Twitter is a social network that allows users to share brief, 140 character messages. Each time another user shares your message it is considered a ReTweet. ReTweets expand you reach as an individual or company and can contribute additional website traffic, subscribers and customers.

However, when you make the mistakes outlined in this post it can cause your content to be ignored and not get ReTweeted.

8 Ways to Not Get ReTweeted

1. Talk About Yourself

There is nothing that will keep you from getting ReTweeted like talking about yourself constantly. It will probably also prevent you from getting many followers.

2. Don't Ask for the ReTweet

Like any form of marketing, calls-to-action matter in social media. So if you don't want ReTweets, don't ask for them, and especially don't ask for them politely.

3. Dumb it Down

Twitter is a fairly literate, intelligent audience. When you're avoiding ReTweets, you need to avoid saying anything too smart, so use only small, simple words.

4. Don't Include a Link

People love using Twitter to spread links to content they liked. So don't give them the opportunity. If you don't want ReTweets, be sure you're not Tweeting interesting links.

5. Say the Same Things Everyone Else is

If you say only the same things everyone else is saying, you'll avoid any risk of being worth ReTweeting. It's easy, just agree with everyone around you and work hard to never bring anything original to the table.

6. Don't Talk About Twitter

Twitter users like Twitter, and they like talking about it. Tweeting about Twitter will make people want to ReTweet you, so don't!

7. Use TinyURL

TinyURL was invented before Twitter and isn't really built for 140-character messages. It will use up precious characters that will make it harder for your followers to ReTweet you. Perfect.

8. Use Only Semi-colons

You're smart enough to know how to use a semi-colon, right? Stick to them and avoid other kinds of punctuation like the plauge (they're all highly-ReTweetable).