How To Identify The Right People To Follow On Twitter [infographic]

With 550 million accounts and counting on Twitter, the big challenge (especially for new users) is finding the right people to follow to make their Twitter profile a valuable asset.
So, how will you decide how many people you should follow. To help you out, the team at TheMyndSet have analyzed the 7 archetypes of Twitter accounts, for each of the 7 individual Twitter archetypes including Social Star, Butterfly, Distant Star, Private Eye, Listener, Cycler and Egghead, they have provided a a key insight and a rating out of 5 stars. Check out this infographic and decide which accounts to follow and which to avoid.



The Social Star - They have a big following thanks to providing consistently strong content.The Butterfly - They interact with all types of users.
The Distant Star - They distant star likely has influence.
The Private Eye - They are more active than the typical user.
The Listener - Is not prepared to participate, at least not heavily and not yet.
The Cycler - Tends to cycle through the twitter community.
The Egghead - A newbie to Twitter.

Final tip: Creating lists is useful to segment people of interested (and you need not follow everyone in your list). Don't forget to follow some random people (serendipity pays) and give before you expect in return.