--- title: Blog | James Shepherd (22) description: CCSalesPro Blog (22) --- AUTHOR # James Shepherd ## Stories by James --- Blog ### [High Risk and How to Sell During the Holidays](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/high-risk-and-how-to-sell-during-the-holidays) Steve Duniec, President of Payment Advisors and a 25-year veteran of the merchant services industry, offers insights on strategies for selling to... James Shepherd Nov 24, 2018 Blog ### [Buying Merchant Accounts on Facebook](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/buying-merchant-accounts-facebook) Our industry has not taken advantage of Facebook marketing much at all. I’m shocked to realize I haven’t ever talked about it on my channel, even... James Shepherd Nov 20, 2018 Blog ### [Instant Funding is Almost Here – Learn how to leverage cutting edge technology to build your book.](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/instant-funding-almost-learn-leverage-cutting-edge-technology-build-book) In this episode, Brian Gross and Jon Halpern of Pineapple Payments discuss how ISOs and agents can leverage technology for stickier merchant... James Shepherd Nov 16, 2018 Blog ### [Cash Discounting, Surcharging and Clover – The Battle Continues](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/cash-discounting-surcharging-clover-battle-continues) Several weeks ago, I discussed the Visa bulletin which declared cash discounting non-compliant with Visa rules. If you missed it, please click here... James Shepherd Nov 15, 2018 Blog ### [Growing and retaining good merchants, update on mobile payments, and more.](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/growing-retaining-good-merchants-update-mobile-payments) This episode features an interview with Cory Capoccia, President of Womply, on how his company partners with ISOs and MLSs on data-driven merchant... James Shepherd Nov 9, 2018 Blog ### [Cryptocurrency Acceptance and Building a Solid Sales Team](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/cryptocurrency-acceptance-building-solid-sales-team) This week’s episode features an interview with John Beebe, an industry veteran who has built and sold several large merchant portfolios and now works... James Shepherd Nov 2, 2018 Blog ### [Why I Hate the New Visa Settlement](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/hate-new-visa-settlement) The New Visa settlement doesn’t solve anything. We need some measures to ensure true free market capitalism. There ARE some things which would help.... James Shepherd Oct 31, 2018 Blog ### [Why Every Merchant Should Accept Walmart Gift Cards – And Other Major Brands](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/every-merchant-accept-walmart-gift-cards-major-brands) Today I want to talk to you about why every local merchant should accept Walmart gift cards. I’m actually going to do a plug for another company,... James Shepherd Oct 31, 2018 Blog ### [Interview with CardX on the Visa Bulletin, surcharges and more…](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/interview-cardx-visa-bulletin-surcharges) In this episode, James and Patti discuss the Visa Bulletin on cash discounting and what it means for ISOs and MLSs. Plus, they speak with Jonathan... James Shepherd Oct 28, 2018 Blog ### [Should I Keep Selling Cash Discounting? – The Individual Rep](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/keep-selling-cash-discounting-individual-rep) A few days ago I wrote a post about the Visa Bulletin declaring war on Cash Discount Service Fees. While this post was primarily intended for owners... James Shepherd Oct 22, 2018 [1](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/1) ... [ 21 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/21) [ 22 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/22) [ 23 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/23) ... [ 87 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/87) ### Get notified about new blog posts Enter your email to have each new CCSalesPro blog article delivered straight to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time. ![CCSalesPro logo white on dark](https://www.ccsalespro.com/hubfs/cc-sales-pro-footer.png) Text "Free" to (814) 482-2090 to get my latest eBook [![Facebook](https://www.ccsalespro.com/hubfs/icons/social-icon-facebook.png)](https://www.facebook.com/ccsalespro) [![LinkedIn](https://www.ccsalespro.com/hubfs/icons/social-icon-linkedin.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ccsalespro/) [![Youtube](https://www.ccsalespro.com/hubfs/icons/social-icon-youtube.png)](https://www.youtube.com/user/CCSalesPro) [![Soundcloud](https://www.ccsalespro.com/hubfs/icons/social-icon-soundcloud.png)](https://soundcloud.com/merchant-sales-podcast) - [Home](https://www.ccsalespro.com/) - [Blog](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog) - [Podcast](https://www.ccsalespro.com/podcast) - [Training](https://www.ccsalespro.com/training) - [Partners We Trust](https://www.ccsalespro.com/companies-we-trust) © 2026 CCSalesPro, Inc. All rights reserved. Various trademarks held by their respective owners. CCSalesPro, Inc.