Do You Share the Service Provider Love?

Here’s a question for you… Do you spread the word about your favorite service providers that have a hand in helping you with your online business?

I recently received an email from one of my graphic clients (I am also a service provider offering ecover & other web graphic design at GeteCovers.com), in which she said that she really loves my service and thinks it’s great that I offer an affiliate program as well, but would never promote it because she doesn’t want others to know about me. 

Basically, she wants to keep me all to herself and is worried that if I become “really known” I won’t have time for her any longer.

I use service providers on a daily basis and enjoy “spreading the love” about their services if I have found them to be invaluable, but I can also see where my client is coming from.

Where do you stand on this? Do you keep your service providers a secret from the world or are you happy to share with others?