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NAASE’s Blog is a curated resource for sales engineers, presales professionals, technical sales leaders, and others working at the intersection of technology, customers, and revenue. We publish practical articles, field perspectives, interviews, and member insights on sales methods, demos, POCs, business value, customer engagement, sales AI, communication, leadership, career growth, and the evolving role of the SE.

Article contributions are currently limited to NAASE Pro Members and contributors specifically invited by the NAASE team. This page is not used for company job postings, although we may publish editorial content about career development, interviewing, hiring trends, and the broader SE job market.

Sales engineers work under many titles, including solutions engineer, presales engineer, solutions consultant, technical sales representative, application engineer, specification sales representative, territory representative, and manufacturer’s representative. Across industries, they help customers understand complex products, evaluate fit, build trust, and connect technical capabilities to business outcomes.

Getting to Know NAASE Mexican Market Ambassador Luis Armando Vasquez
Luis Armando Vasquez Ruiz
September 23, 2022
Getting to Know NAASE Mexican Market Ambassador Luis Armando Vasquez
Luis, you are a freelance Technical Sales Copywriter and Marketing Strategist, and also a full-time Sales Engineer at Logistic Trade Company where you...
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No one said, “I want to be an SE when I grow up”
Blake Chandler
September 13, 2022
No one said, “I want to be an SE when I grow up”
All right, stop whatcha doin, ’cause I’m about to ruin. Well, I hope I don’t ruin. When I was first approached to write...
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Founder’s Message:  How Will the Sales Engineer Market Progress in 2023?
Ken Lambert
August 10, 2022
Founder’s Message:  How Will the Sales Engineer Market Progress in 2023?
Summertime in business can be a little bit quieter than normal, and the same has been true recently for NAASE. That said, we...
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Key Insights on the “Trusted Advisor” Sales Engineer
Ken Lambert
June 14, 2022
Key Insights on the “Trusted Advisor” Sales Engineer
Recently NAASE hosted a Members-Only ZOOM Forum with noted SE speaker and consultant, John Care. (For members who might have missed it, please...
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PreSales Compensation Plans 101: Creating Winning Plans for Sales Engineers
Sara Burdsall
June 7, 2022
PreSales Compensation Plans 101: Creating Winning Plans for Sales Engineers
Getting PreSales compensation right is mission-critical to building revenue-generating teams that are incentivized to win for the company and themselves. With little to...
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4 Time-Saving Tech Tools Sales Pros Love
Liza Chubar
May 25, 2022
4 Time-Saving Tech Tools Sales Pros Love
It’s no secret that time is money when it comes to sales. Every extra minute spent on the phone or grabbing lunch with...
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Focusing on Outcomes over Effort in Presales
Sara Burdsall
March 31, 2022
Focusing on Outcomes over Effort in Presales
An article from our sponsors Vivun On Wednesday, Vivun VP of PreSales Brett Crane sat down with Oliver Oursin, Elastic’s EMEA Head of Solutions...
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Eliminating SE Leadership?
John Care
March 30, 2022
Eliminating SE Leadership?
“Never Again”This summary article written with permission of an MTS client. We altered a few peripheral facts to preserve anonymity, but otherwise “it...
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