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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.

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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The Zoom Scan – What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How to Do It
Peter Cohan
October 21, 2020
The Zoom Scan – What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How to Do It
Many presales and salespeople report that they find it difficult to consume and act on the various inputs when presenting demos and presentations...
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What Ad Campaigns Can Tell Your Pre-Sales Team about How to Accelerate Growth
Sarah Parker
October 21, 2020
What Ad Campaigns Can Tell Your Pre-Sales Team about How to Accelerate Growth
All Pre-Sales engineers will have been asked the question “What do you do?” Their responses are usually met with silence…or confusion. But Pre-Sales...
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How Project Management Insight Can Help a Sales Engineer
Alan Geiss
October 5, 2020
How Project Management Insight Can Help a Sales Engineer
When I worked at IBM, my manager would tell me “Never confuse Selling with Installing”.  I recognized then that these were two separate...
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Review: The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Sales Engineers
Ken Lambert
September 21, 2020
Review: The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Sales Engineers
Recently I was asked to read and review a 2019 book written by presales consultant Chris White, regarding the best habits of effective...
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