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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.

B2B – A View from a Purchaser
Ken Lambert
February 20, 2023
B2B – A View from a Purchaser
For roughly 15 years of my career, my role was that of a project manager and purchaser. Each week I would be primarily...
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B2B Sales Strategies Best Practices
Liza Chubar
January 8, 2023
B2B Sales Strategies Best Practices
B2B sales, or business-to-business sales, refers to the process of selling products or services to other businesses rather than directly to consumers. This...
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Key Insights on the “Trusted Advisor” Sales Engineer
Ken Lambert
June 14, 2022
Key Insights on the “Trusted Advisor” Sales Engineer
Recently NAASE hosted a Members-Only ZOOM Forum with noted SE speaker and consultant, John Care. (For members who might have missed it, please...
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Focusing on Outcomes over Effort in Presales
Sara Burdsall
March 31, 2022
Focusing on Outcomes over Effort in Presales
An article from our sponsors Vivun On Wednesday, Vivun VP of PreSales Brett Crane sat down with Oliver Oursin, Elastic’s EMEA Head of Solutions...
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The Rise of the Sales-Proof Buyer
Sara Burdsall
March 25, 2022
The Rise of the Sales-Proof Buyer
Published by the team at Vivun, a sponsor of NAASE We’ve talked a lot about the rapid growth in PreSales, and even recently released...
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How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 2
Steffen Mueller
December 21, 2021
How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 2
This is a continuation of the Part 1 Blog article, also on NAASE (1) Research Get yourself into a position to be valuable...
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How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 1
Steffen Mueller
November 12, 2021
How to become a great Key Account SE? Part 1
You are a Solutions Engineer of an aspiring software company. You have a mature product and stabilized your position in the market. Your...
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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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