Trying to find new friends on Twitter? Since Twitter’s search doesn’t offer enough in the way of people search features, finding interesting people to follow could be a giant time sink. Luckily there are quite a few Twitter directories that you can use to find new people to follow. Twitter directories are places to search and find new Twitter users to follow based on your own interests. In this post I will list 20 Twitter directories where you can search people with similar interests and where you can submit your Twitter profile to get listed and get more followers. The list is alphabetically ordered.

1. Analyst Twitter Directory. This is a directory of industry analysts that tweet. Big list and regularly updated.
2. First Issue. This is a directory of book publishers and others in the book trade who are using Twitter.
3. Geo Follow. GeoFollow allows you to list yourself geographically and categorically.
4. GovTwit Directory. The GovTwit directory includes all facets of government on Twitter: state and local, federal, contractors, reporters, academics, judicial branch and more.
5. Hashtags .Directory of hashtag users on Twitter.
6. Just Tweet It. A directory of Twitter users sorted by categories. Good way to find new people to follow or list your name to let people find you.
7. Legal Birds. List of legal professionals on Twitter such as lawyers, law librarians and academics.
8. Tweeple Rank. This website tracks a number of hashtags that are used to recommend people on Twitter, specifically #FollowFriday, #TweepleTuesday and #MrTweet. Easy to find best ranking twitterers.
9. Tweet Top. Tweet Top is the latest and greatest from Twitter people on popular topics. All the top tweets all the time.
10. TweetFind. Free Twitter yellow and white pages directory. Created to help people find new twitters to follow and a place where people can add their own Twitter accounts to a Twitter directory for free.
11. Tweetminster. TweetMinster is a service that makes it easier to connect the public with politicians using Twitter. TweetMinster helps you track UK politics in real time and to find and follow Members of Parliament and Prospective Parliamentary Candidates.
12. TweetWorks. Do you have favorite conversation topics? Start or join a group and connect with others who share your enthusiasm.
13. Twellow. The Twitter yellow pages. Browse through Twitter users to follow them or list yourself to get followers.
14. Twibs. The place to find businesses on Twitter.
15. Twitter Groups. Create or join a group of people with similar interests.
16. Twitter Link Up. Another directory of Twitter users.
17. Twitter Passion. Directory to grow your business, meet new friends, and network with like minded people! You can search by category and submit yourself as well.
18. Twitterectory. You’ve guessed it. It’s another Twitter directory where Twitter users will be offered the opportunity to include their names in the list under a particular category making it easier for people to find them.
19. TwitterPacks. A site where the community recommends fellow Twitter users by topic of interest or geographical area.
20. WeFollow. A user powered Twitter directory. It displays and categorizes Twitter users according to tags and lists users based on the number of followers they have.

I’m sure you will now be able to find many new interesting people to follow or to get more followers by listing yourself in Twitter directories. If you know of any more Twitter directory sites let us know in the comment.

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The most popular method is to find people and follow them. The more people you follow the more followers you will get. Sounds easy, but if you are only going to follow a mass of twitterers and not provide any value, then many will unfollow you eventually. And if you follow too many at once, you will ruin your following/followers ratio, which will make people think you’re a scammer or a bot user and will not follow you at all. Unless you are a celebrity or famous on internet for whatever reason, you will have to work a bit to get more followers.

• Tip 1: Follow to get followed, but take it easy. Don’t follow 500 people a day. Keep your following/followers ratio near 1:1. Let’s say you follow 500 people and have 500 followers, then it would not be wise to follow 500 more in one day, rather in a week or more.
• Tip 2: Provide value, share interesting stuff, give relevant information. If you read something interesting on the web, share the link. Participate in conversations.
• Tip 3: Fill in your bio and picture. People get turned away if there’s nothing to see in your Twitter profile. Write something about yourself and add a picture, preferably one that shows you. People like to know who they talk to.
• Tip 4: Create a blog or a website. In addition to filling in your bio, a link to your blog will provide more information about you. It will show your personality in a more detailed way than the short bio in your Twitter profile.
• Tip 5: Re-tweet whatever you find valuable and reply to your followers. They will do the same to you and your name will appear to their followers.
• Tip 6: Participate in a Twitter party. If there’s a Twitter meetup in your area, make sure to be there. You’ll find many new followers there.
• Tip 7: Share your Twitter username on your social networks, on the forums and blogs, get listed in Twitter directories.
• Tip 8: Be you and be original. Don’t be afraid to say what you think. A good opinion on something will get retweeted or replied to and will expose your profile. Also, personalize your profile, change colors and background.
• Tip 9: Tweet regularly. That doesn’t mean you have to tweet 24/7, but try to do it every day. If people see your profile was last updated 1 week ago, they will probably not follow you.
• Tip 10: Finally, balance all of the above. If all you do is talk about yourself and what you do or if you only promote your product all the time, people will get tired of you. Good idea is to post 1-2 out of 10 messages about you and the rest to provide value to your followers. Balance is the key.

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