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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.

Job Crafting: Strategies to Improve Life at Work
Olivia Brito
March 21, 2021
Job Crafting: Strategies to Improve Life at Work
Uncertain times like the present can add challenges to our work-life balance, hinder wellbeing and if left unattended could lead to burnout and...
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Meet The Members: Featuring Femi Coker
Femi Coker
March 16, 2021
Meet The Members: Featuring Femi Coker
Now and then NAASE will be featuring one of our Association Members. This week, we did a Q&A with Mr. Femi Coker, Regional...
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What’s the Ideal Win Rate, and Does it Even Matter?
Bernie Doyle
March 9, 2021
What’s the Ideal Win Rate, and Does it Even Matter?
A sales leader recently asked me this: What is the ideal Win Close Rate for a B2B company? I couldn’t answer—for a couple...
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They could never be in Sales
Roger McNamara
February 24, 2021
They could never be in Sales
One of my Sister-in Laws has a great personality, she is very comfortable engaging people in conversation with a very pleasant demeanor. She...
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How Companies Get Bragged About Today
Marc Cox
February 18, 2021
How Companies Get Bragged About Today
Over the years I have become increasingly interested in company culture and 12 years ago I founded The Company Spirit. Nowadays I get...
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Game plans are not a game
Dean de Jongh
February 18, 2021
Game plans are not a game
Why bother with strategy? You may have played the sales and key-account game over and over. We’re going through major shifts due to...
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Guerrilla Marketing for B2B
Ken Lambert
February 7, 2021
Guerrilla Marketing for B2B
“Guerrilla marketing” as a term and technique has been around for a long time, but typically it is associated with B2C endeavors. However,...
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Is B2B Purchasing Overly Cumbersome and Inefficient?
Ken Lambert
January 30, 2021
Is B2B Purchasing Overly Cumbersome and Inefficient?
This topic, and lament, is nothing new- but it does appear that over the past several years things have gotten even more convoluted. ...
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