Have you ever had a client you’d like to clone?

I am very blessed to have some simply stellar clients. One prime example is an author we’ve been working with on editing his short stories. I offered to have a brief phone chat with him to help him figure out the right publishing option for him. We talked for about 15 or 20 minutes and after learning what he wanted, I gave him some referrals to contact. He emails me later and expresses his appreciation, asking how he can compensate me for my time on this, and reminds me to invoice him for the editing that was just finished a few days ago.

I responded that yesterday was just a value-add to the editing we’re doing for him, and I certainly would have told him beforehand if I was going to charge my consulting fee, but if the consulting got more in-depth and he needed a lot of my time, we would address it at that time.

My fellow VAs—don’t you just want to clone clients that pay immediately, are EAGER to compensate you for any “extra” time (I don’t bill hourly for most editing projects), and are just so darn easy to work with?? I’m fortunate that he is not the only client I consider myself lucky to have!