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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.

Why Do Ideas Die or Not Get Realized?
Constanze Koch
February 10, 2022
Why Do Ideas Die or Not Get Realized?
On January 19, 2022, Alex and Anatoly Agulyansky introduced their product Priz Guru in a webinar to a group of engineer experts and...
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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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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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Sales Training – Beyond the Dreaded Role Play
Roger McNamara
September 14, 2021
Sales Training – Beyond the Dreaded Role Play
Often, at the end of a sales training meeting, there would be time allocated for role plays with fellow colleagues.  I always dreaded these...
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15 Amazing Lessons from over 150 Interviews with Sales Engineers
Ramzi Marjaba
May 13, 2021
15 Amazing Lessons from over 150 Interviews with Sales Engineers
I started as a sales engineer back in 2014. I was green, and I didn’t have teammates around me. My mentor left within...
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Sales World Nomenclatures, and Where Sales Engineering Fits In
Raja Tamilarasan
May 2, 2021
Sales World Nomenclatures, and Where Sales Engineering Fits In
A few years ago, I decided to take a leap of faith into what at that time looked like a very challenging and...
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Problems Solved by Scaling Presales
John Cook
April 17, 2021
Problems Solved by Scaling Presales
Overview When we talk about selling technology, and especially when we talk about selling SaaS, we are really talking about selling disruption. No...
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