I check the stats for my website (using Google Analytics) every single day. I try not to, but I can't help it (not sure if I'm addicted, but it feels like it) How often do you check your stats? I am actually trying to focus on not doing it more than once a week, and in the end, once a month. But that's going to be really hard.
I check my stats roughly every other hour just so that i can see where the traffic is coming from, how long they are staying on the sites etc. This may seem extreme but means that you can create the content that is wanted by your visitors.
With my sites created on Wordpress, there is a great little plugin named StatPress which is free to download but offers all sorts of information, with only a matter of seconds delay on them showing.
I have statpress on one of my homepage tabs. I look every time I start work and also when I am about to finish.
There are different phases in your career. In the beginning you definitely want to micro-manage, but then at a later stage when they are established you can let things run.
When initially starting a new CPA campaign I'm a bit of a stat fiend constantly tweaking and testing variations of keywords, headings e.t.c. so will probably check everyday. Once things are profitable and making consistent money once every few days, too busy building new campaigns by that point
I check my stats for everything everyday. I used to check it multiple times a day though but now I only check it once or twice.
every day, use as many stat programs as you can, i use getclicky and google stats , we print off daily search terms and daily traffic, we set targets for traffic and conversions, best way when running a business
You are not committing any mistake, I also do the same. Atleast we should be aware about the traffic coming on site through various sources. This help us to know what is the response of the update we added, statpress is really very good in this context.
I check mine everyday as well. Plus I advertise and market on different forms of medias everyday, so I like seeing how effective my marketing was for the prior day
I check my visitors weekly and I check my keyword rankings monthly. Only then do i cry or jump with joy.