--- title: Blog | James Shepherd (62) description: CCSalesPro Blog (62) --- AUTHOR # James Shepherd ## Stories by James --- Blog ### [3 Reasons Apple Pay CANNOT Dominate the Mobile Payments Space](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/3-reasons-apple-pay-dominate-mobile-payments-space) While I don't think Apple Pay will dominate the mobile payments space, if you are selling merchant services you should still offer Apple Pay to your... James Shepherd Dec 9, 2014 Blog ### [How to Keep Your Customers Coming Back – Restaurant Expert – Part 2](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/keep-customers-coming-back-restaurant-expert-part-2) How can you provide insights for restaurant owners in your market? In this series, we are discussing four different things a restaurant owner can do... James Shepherd Dec 9, 2014 Blog ### [3 Tips to Attract First-Time Customers – Restaurant Expert – Part 1](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/attract-first-time-customers-restaurant-expert-part-1) How can you provide insights for restaurant owners in your market? This question has driven me to create a four-part series. So stay tuned over the... James Shepherd Dec 8, 2014 Blog ### [How to Increase Your Closing Ratio](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/how-to-increase-your-closing-ratio) During my personal reading I was reminded of two closing techniques that I have used successfully for years and I wanted to share them with you... James Shepherd Dec 4, 2014 Blog ### [How Many Merchants Told You “No” This Week?](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/many-merchants-told-week-3) How many people in the last 7 days told you “No?” Not how many people said, “I will think about it.” Or “Maybe after the first of the year.” Or “You... James Shepherd Dec 3, 2014 Blog ### [How One Good Prospect Can Slow You Down](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/one-good-prospect-can-slow-2) I have seen one agent after the other get slowed down by one good prospect. They get out in the field and start prospecting for a week, their... James Shepherd Dec 2, 2014 Blog ### [Key to Success: Learn How to Make Things Happen!](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/do-you-know-how-to-make-things-happen) You may know how to organize, delegate, sell, provide great service and make a killer business plan but, do you know how to make things happen? Too... James Shepherd Nov 28, 2014 Blog ### [What Does our Core Value “Always Leveraging” Mean?](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/what-does-our-core-value-always-leveraging-mean) “Always Leveraging” means using technology and procedures / systems to get more done in less time and with less resources, but what does that... James Shepherd Nov 27, 2014 Blog ### [What Does “Always Living” Mean?](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/what-does-always-living-mean-2) What does “Always Living” mean? If you have had any dealings with CCSalesPro you know that we have 4 core values. 3 of them are pretty straight... James Shepherd Nov 25, 2014 Blog ### [Do You Ever Just Stop and Think?](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/do-you-ever-just-stop-and-think) I believe it is a tragedy that most people never spend a few hours thinking about where their life is headed, what they are doing and how they could... James Shepherd Nov 24, 2014 [1](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/1) ... [ 61 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/61) [ 62 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/62) [ 63 ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/blog/author/james-shepherd/page/63) ... [ 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.