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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.

Those BIG A/E Commission Checks: The Other Side of the Story
Ken Lambert
August 24, 2020
Those BIG A/E Commission Checks: The Other Side of the Story
This article of course will be more relevant to the sales engineer who works alongside a separate Account Executive/ “Sales Rep”. This very...
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Read the Room
Aileen McNabb
August 19, 2020
Read the Room
Read the room.  Which means…read people.  Everyone says we need to do it in presales.  Why? Everything we do is all about people. ...
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Sales Engineer Career Path #3: Product Development
Robert Schneider
August 7, 2020
Sales Engineer Career Path #3: Product Development
It’s time for the next installment in the ongoing series about career paths for sales engineers seeking new opportunities. This time around, I’m going to...
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Showing slides today? So What?
Chris White
August 4, 2020
Showing slides today? So What?
We’ve all heard the term Death by PowerPoint.  We’ve all sat through presentations that drone on and on – viewing countless slides that seem...
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Practical Advice and Optimism Amidst the Changing COVID19 Technical Sales Cycle
Ken Lambert
July 13, 2020
Practical Advice and Optimism Amidst the Changing COVID19 Technical Sales Cycle
Today NAASE conducted our first industry conference call, for Association members and for other invited guests. We discussed several topics, including the best...
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Increase Your New Job (or Promotion) Chances with the CSE Professional Designation
Matt Mahoney
July 12, 2020
Increase Your New Job (or Promotion) Chances with the CSE Professional Designation
According to Indeed, the #1 job search and listing website in the world: “Earning a certification demonstrates your passion and provides evidence of...
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The Dunning Kruger Effect and Demos
Peter Cohan
June 29, 2020
The Dunning Kruger Effect and Demos
“In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their...
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7 Habits for Highly Effective Proof of Concepts
Tony Matos
February 11, 2020
7 Habits for Highly Effective Proof of Concepts
When people are involved, there are many human interactions, including; business and personal aspirations, opinions, procedures, processes and politics. They can all collide...
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