#202 The Effective Habits of a Great Sales Engineer
We talk about Sales Engineering all the time on this podcast, however, we rarely talk about the habits that make us successful. Today, with my Guest Chris White, we do!
We talk about Sales Engineering all the time on this podcast, however, we rarely talk about the habits that make us successful. Today, with my Guest Chris White, we do!
Sales Engineering required many skills. Many people talk about demoing, storytelling, problem-solving. All these are great skills, however, these are not enough to make someone a great sales engineer. In the past, we used to talk about the sliding scale where Sales Engineers can be. Either salesy, or technical. Now I believe it's a bit more complex. Sales Engineering Skills sit on an X-Y Axis. And that's what I'm going to talk about today.
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