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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.

How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 2
Steffen Mueller
December 21, 2021
How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 2
This is a continuation of the Part 1 Blog article, also on NAASE (1) Research Get yourself into a position to be valuable...
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How to Manage Tasks Priority with Urgency – Importance Matrix (UIM)
Alex Agulyansky
November 28, 2021
How to Manage Tasks Priority with Urgency – Importance Matrix (UIM)
We are excited to announce a recent release of an additional Creative Thinking Tool in PRIZ online innovation platform, Urgency – Importance Matrix (UIM)....
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What is psychological inertia? or… What is wrong with us?
Alex Agulyansky
November 21, 2021
What is psychological inertia? or… What is wrong with us?
Have you ever been in a situation where while discussing different solutions for a problem, you and your group is trying to solve,...
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How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 1
Steffen Mueller
November 12, 2021
How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 1
You are a Solutions Engineer of an aspiring software company. You have a mature product and stabilized your position in the market. Your...
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The Business Conundrum of Vibrant and Regular Content Creation
Ken Lambert
November 12, 2021
The Business Conundrum of Vibrant and Regular Content Creation
It’s clear to most people, and certainly evident on LinkedIn, that “content is king”. For marketing, sales, and business development, it is typically...
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Water the Crops
Roger McNamara
November 2, 2021
Water the Crops
The Training meeting had ended. Like so many sessions before, it was billed as sales training when in fact it had been product...
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Leveraging Influence and Association to Recruit Great Salespeople
Nate Guggia
October 6, 2021
Leveraging Influence and Association to Recruit Great Salespeople
While the known brands in your category take the lazy route and rely on their name recognition, you can do things that actually...
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Constant team or varied partners?  What works best in sales engineering?
Aileen McNabb
September 26, 2021
Constant team or varied partners?  What works best in sales engineering?
I’ve worked in both situations.  Sometimes as an SE I worked exclusively, or close to exclusively with one salesperson (AE).  I’ve also worked...
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