Synopsis
Lots of resources are available for sales people, and a lot more for technical people, but not enough for Sales Engineers. This resource is available for Sales Engineers who are interested in learning from other Sales Engineers as many will be interviewed on this platform.
Episodes
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#43 Pitching, Whiteboarding and Storytelling with Mark the Joy Machine Green
11/02/2019 Duration: 50minMy discussion with Mark included whiteboarding instead of presenting, pitching instead of demoing, and storytelling as a means to show the value of a solution.
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#42 How to Demonstrate Software so People Buy It with Brian Geery
04/02/2019 Duration: 01h04minInterview with Brian Geery to discuss what makes a good demonstration, how can the account manager be involved, and creating demonstration checklists
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#41 New and Experienced Perspective of Sales Engineers
28/01/2019 Duration: 57minNick Korte and John White discuss their career path into sales engineering, changes in perspective since starting, soft skills and more
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#40 Service Providers have Sales Engineers too with Nilesh Solanki
21/01/2019 Duration: 57minWe discuss Nilesh's path to Sales Engineering, how his previous jobs help him with the SE role, overlay sales, training, and demonstration.
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#39 From Discovery to Demo with Julie Hansen
14/01/2019 Duration: 49minJulie Hansen and I discuss what is needed from Sales Engineers before a demonstration, some tips on how to perform the demonstration and what it should contain.
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#38 Partners, Account Managers and Sales Engineering with Thomas Bieser
07/01/2019 Duration: 56minInterview with Thomas Bieser where we discuss working with partners, account managers, the proper discovery, MEDDIC and more.
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#37 Lifetime Achievement Goal Setting
31/12/2018 Duration: 28minGoal Setting is something we do not generally do as Sales Engineers, so I discuss the method of goal setting that has worked for me.
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#36 The Pros and Cons of Sales Engineering
24/12/2018 Duration: 29minI discuss the pros and cons of the sales engineering role.
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#35 Telling Stories with Rui Lamy
17/12/2018 Duration: 01h16minWith over 15 years of experience as a Sales Engineer, Rui discusses his role as a channel Sales Engineer supporting customers world wide, as well as demonstrations and storytelling.
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#34 Sales Engineer Straight out University with Jappreet Bath
10/12/2018 Duration: 51minJuppreet Bath has been a Sales Engineer for many years now, we discuss how he got the job out of university, commodities vs solution sales, Proof of concepts, and outlook changes
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#33 Introvert and Extrovert Sales Engineers with Neil Lynch
03/12/2018 Duration: 01h04minMy discussion with Neil was jam packed with info from training, to the pillars of being an SE, the ability to improv, SE Management and more.
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#32 Framing and Presentations with Adam O'Brien
26/11/2018 Duration: 01h04minAdam and I discuss doing framing and preparing a presentation, a whole list of books, and getting better every day.
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# 31 Working with Customers with Greg Holmes
19/11/2018 Duration: 59minGreg Holmes, Director of Sales Engineering, joined me today to discuss the SE Soft skills, flexibility with customers, and ensuring customer success
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#30 Software Engineering vs Sales Engineering with Michal Plachta
12/11/2018 Duration: 57minMichal had 10 years of experience as a Software designer before doing the switch, and we discuss a lot about that specific topic, why he switched, what challenges he faced, the differences between the 2 roles
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#29 Knowledge and Listening with Anthony Taok
05/11/2018 Duration: 55minWe discuss how Anthony went from a customer to a Sales Engineer, his view on what makes an SE good or bad.
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#28 Mentoring and Mistakes with Wesley Toman
29/10/2018 Duration: 01h12minSales Engineers make mistakes, and in this episode, I will discuss with my guest, Wes, about common mistakes we do, as well as the benefits of mentoring.
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#27 Self Awareness is the Key to Success with Daryn Mason
22/10/2018 Duration: 01h03minDaryn was a Solution Engineer before there was solution engineers. We talked about the most important SE skill, mistakes and objection handling among other things.
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#26 Post Sales Leading to Pre Sales Opportunities with Moni Assi
15/10/2018 Duration: 45minFun conversation with Moni where we get into one deal where he and his SE worked as a team to upsell a customer in a competitive environment.
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#25 Becoming an SE with Me
08/10/2018 Duration: 30minMany aspiring SEs are asking me how they can get an job as an SE. This episode is dedicated to them.
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#24 Buying Holes with Anthony Iannarino
01/10/2018 Duration: 54minAnthony Iannarino, an author, speaker and sales leader joins me today to discuss the Account Manager/SE relationship, and the different levels of value.