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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.

Interview with Ludovic Tendron about Negotiating
Ken Lambert
December 21, 2020
Interview with Ludovic Tendron about Negotiating
NAASE sat down with Ludovic Tendron, author of The Master Key: Unlock Your Influence & Success in Negotiations and founder of his consulting...
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How Self-Limiting Obstructive Beliefs (SLOBs) Sabotage the Sales Cycle
Jay Spielvogel
December 17, 2020
How Self-Limiting Obstructive Beliefs (SLOBs) Sabotage the Sales Cycle
“The economy is hurting us” “Our solutions are too expensive” “We need better marketing, website, social media and brochures” “Our competition has better...
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How Sales Engineer Compensation Stacks Up to the Rest
Ken Lambert
December 15, 2020
How Sales Engineer Compensation Stacks Up to the Rest
Of course at the North American Association for Sales Engineers we are biased- but we think that being a sales engineer is one...
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Death by Webinar: The BizDev Conundrum of 2020
Ken Lambert
December 13, 2020
Death by Webinar: The BizDev Conundrum of 2020
“Truth be told, we don’t love the term webinar, primarily because it conjures images of boring, “death by PowerPoint” online presentations that sound as...
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Buyers, Vendors, and SRM
Ken Lambert
December 10, 2020
Buyers, Vendors, and SRM
Most of us in technical sales are quite familiar with CRM software and technology, and how that assists us in our daily and...
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Increasing the Number of Women in Sales
Liza Chubar
December 8, 2020
Increasing the Number of Women in Sales
Even though women make up just over half of the college-educated workforce, they hold less than one-third of B2B sales jobs. According to...
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CV Killers
Christian Bergmann
November 16, 2020
CV Killers
Resume Killers: Remove this information immediately! Resume killers undo all of your efforts in the shortest time possible. Instead of an invitation to...
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Creating Innovation using Filters
Edson Zogbi
November 4, 2020
Creating Innovation using Filters
If we had to choose the best way to study, inform ourselves, make decisions, feed our tastes, be innovative and creative, live with...
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