IT SERVICES / MANAGED PRINT | GLOBAL | 1,500+ STAFF ENGAGED
Transforming from technology sales to services: 300% revenue growth in year one
The Challenge
Xerox Print Services (XPS/XPPS) had built a successful enterprise business selling managed print solutions to large corporations. When small and medium businesses began seeking the same efficiencies, a massive market opportunity emerged – but with fierce competition and a narrow window to capture it.
The challenge wasn't just market expansion. Xerox Corporation set an aggressive target: to grow from near-zero to $1.3 billion in managed print services revenue within 5 years. To achieve this, XPS/XPPS needed to transform culturally, shifting sales specialists from technology-focused conversations to services-led consulting with senior decision-makers.
Existing technical training was comprehensive but overwhelmingly complex. Sales specialists couldn't apply what they'd learned under pressure and reverted to old habits. The business needed a methodology that would work in real customer situations, deliverable globally at pace across 160 countries in multiple languages.
The Solution Gazing Red2Blue partnered with XPS/XPPS to develop Streamline: a customer engagement methodology that simplified complex technical content into a single one-page Red2Blue map with supporting tools, designed specifically for high-pressure sales environments.
The programme combined three strands – market positioning, technical service offering and customer conversion process – into practical frameworks that sales specialists could use immediately. Delivered through intensive five-day training that deliberately replicated stressful customer situations, Streamline taught participants how to stay focused and on-track under pressure. The programme was rolled out globally in eight languages across South America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and North America, with a 'train the trainer' component to build internal capability and create a self-sustaining learning culture.
The Impact
300% revenue growth achieved in first year
1,500 sales specialists trained globally within first year across 160 countries
100% satisfaction rates from participants despite intensive, pressure-based training
Global consistency with unified methodology delivered in 8 languages across 4 regions
Cultural transformation with sales specialists confidently engaging senior decision-makers on services, not just technology
Self-sustaining capability through internal champions trained to deliver ongoing programmes
Expected reach of 4,000-5,000 people within 3 years, extending across Xerox's indirect channel partners
"Gazing Red2Blue's programme is already delivering its key goals of transforming the business by skilling our sales team to change how we operate with customers and fundamentally, increase our revenues. I'm feeling confident about our targets. Working with Gazing Red2Blue as a partner who has worked through our challenges and turned them into training solutions is a real business asset.”
Darren Cassidy, Vice President, Global Xerox Print Services and Xerox Partner Print Services
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