Announcement Dabadu is EXPANDING! - We've got new players in the game 

We are welcoming the appraisal team to join in on the fun!

Scroll on down to your "Trade In" section on the lead detail page to get started!

You will have an "Agent View" where you will be able to easily reference all of your draft, submitted and appraised trade in applications. 

Best yet, your Trade-in documents are generated right out of the system once you have submitted the necessary information to the appraisal team! 

Your appraisal team is set up and eagerly awaiting your submissions, so let's get started!

Hey Dabadu-ers! 

As promised, the next Gen of Dabadu is alive and well! 💢 We have been working tirelessly to introduce to you Dabadu 2.0. It has a new look, a new feel and A LOT of amazing new features 💫 

New Features 

📣 📣 First things first - SEARCH BAR! It is back and better than ever - try it out, search your oldest lead, you can't even blink before it appears for you! 👀 

Secondly, Lead Detail page has never looked better 💅

We took away some unnecessary buttons to make room for some of the greatest new features! Dive in and discover some treasures 💰 

These new tabs mean you have the cleanest most concise view possible - and its all one click away! Never lose sight of the most important information about your most important leads! 

Hey Managers, check out this new Communications Report! 📞 You know exactly who is sending the most emails, and which lead is tying up the most of your sales reps time blabbing away on the phone about the new zucchini recipe they found last week 🍆  Easy to spot if any leads have been ghosting your people, or if your people let one slip through the cracks 📌 

Announcement 

We may have moved our Training and Support Meetings, but that doesn't mean we aren't here for you anymore. We have moved to a 1:1 model where you can use this link to book your own specialized support meeting with the ever so lovely Dabadu Success team: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/DabaduSupport@dabadu.ai/bookings/

Speaking of great Dabadu Success - with a face lift of the Dabadu portal, we thought it was only fair that we change the way our live chat, and Help Center look as well. Everything will act as normal, but with a new summer look 😎 

This is just the beginning of what we have to offer, so make sure if you have any suggestions you voice them soon so we can get them into our upcoming releases! 🙏 

📣 Hey Everyone! 📣 

We are now two weeks into having the whole team aboard the Dabadu Platform, and we are thrilled to see everyone enjoying the new experience 💃  We have talked to a lot of you recently, and we received tremendous feedback! 

We didn't want to wait to get you the features that you have been asking for, so we thought we would do a mini release as a mid-week pick-me-up 🌻 Helping to build that momentum going into another big spring-like weekend! 🚗 💸  

Bug fix 

🐝 TEXT MESSAGES! - we have cleaned up everything sms; you can text without interruption of the send button. 

🐞 Email attachments fix- attach attachments without sacrificing being able to send the rest of your email! It's not one or the other. With Dabadu, you can have it all! 

🐛 Appointment Date: view the booked date, not created date! We are looking into the future, not the past 👐 

Enhancement Weather notices & Quotes - "There is a 30% chance that it is already raining" - mean girls ☔  Catch a glimpse of what's going on outside your window and in peoples heads with the new weather widget, and quotes introduced by Dabadu 💭 

Enhancement Call dial pad - Click it, bop it, close it, twist it; check out the update to the new fresh look 💅 

Enhancement Mobile App - Feedback has been received and we have thrown all of your ideas into the mobile app - GM's we even optimized it for your use!! Stay up to date with the latest downloads to keep getting the best features!

Enhancement Text messaging - line break - Write like a poet in paragraph form now, with the ability to enter down to a new row. ✏ 

Quick How-To Guide: 

1. 'Enter' to send

2. 'Shift + Enter' to row down

Enhancement Pagination - 25 default; 10 customers isn't going to set record breaking months. Now that everyone is warmed up, we have defaulted to showing you 25 lines per page to get the momentum going! 📈 

New Features Download Details; download the details straight from the leads mouth. Lead detail page now has a button to export, and print the vital info about your lead in a click 📥 

New Features Pendo - Release notes are one thing, but what about tool tips for the hot new features? Or new announcements we can't allow you to miss. Keep an eye out for some dazzling popups that only bring you the most crucial information 💪 

Operations Tuesday & Thursday trainings. Training is moving!!! Starting March 21, training will be moved to Tuesday and Thursdays! Still at 2pm, still with the same meeting link! Support will remain here to assist as needed, and feel free to book alternate sessions if extra training is needed! 👍 

Announcement Welcome 401 and Franchise team! We are excited to be adding you to the Dabadu club, the Arena has been having all the fun so far, and now it's time to share! We couldn't keep you waiting in suspense any longer - we have prepared an overflowing amount of fabulous features for you and we could not wait to share 🔊  

Bug fix Bugs? Mmm, no thank you 🙅 

Enhancement So you can see your sales on a monthly basis.. but what about a daily update? Do you kill it on the 9th of every month? 📈 Do you wait till the last week and go into overdrive to close 14 deals simultaneously? With the enhancement to the Sales Agent Performance Graph that will be easily distinguishable - we changed the month view to track sales day by day 📆  This graph is the epicenter for your performance; stay tuned for new enhancements to give you a better picture 📊 

Enhancement A walk-in, a renewal, and a referral walk into a bar... you can't tell them apart because they have no identification 👎 You can't best serve them if you don't know who you're dealing with 👣 With the enhanced Manual Lead Identification feature, you can craft the perfect cocktail of vehicle selections that will surely quench all their purchasing needs. 

Enhancement How do you mean by that? 😉 How would it change your managers life if you could add notes while you change the lead status ✏ Explain your thoughts, help the team out with some insight, clarity, and transparency. Write hints to your later self as your lead transitions into the next phase of the sales process, so you are always on your toes going into the next conversation.

Enhancement As we are expanding, things are looking a little differently around Dabadu. Check out the new Menu UI for some spot on branding, and an expedited ease to flow through the vast functionalities available 🚀 

New Features FINALLY! 🙌 The skies have opened and #blessed you with a long awaited and highly regarded feature. Get your cutest selfies ready - you're going to need them 📷 📱 MULTI - MEDIA - MESSAGING  'nuff said 🎤

New Features "Let's circle back to this in a week to touch base", "Let's pencil some time in the books to discuss this further" 🙊 🙉 We all say it - whether you mean it or not 🙈 but at least now.. you can back it up with a Calendar! 📅  See your schedule, block off time to meet with your hot leads; and don't forget to set aside some "me" time to reflect and collect your thoughts 💆  

New Features "Just following up here; looking to close the loop on this", "Wanted to pick this back up and run an idea up the flagpole to get your thoughts and create an action plan going forward" 💢 You've created the appointment in your calendar - great - now what's stopping you from just setting it and forgetting it? 📆  Appointments and Reminders; that's what. Set semi-minute-ly reminders to circle back and send those texts, hop on those phone calls, and close those deals. Can't make a sale, if you don't make it to the appointment - we've got you though; you can't miss the reminders, they are literally everywhere 🌐 

New Features For those of you who think numbers are important - even if they aren't following a dollar sign 💸 Dabadu has brought you customized data abilities! Lead Managers can define the Lead and Sales Month dates to make sure that the deals your closing are counting for the right month - while matching them with leads from the right month! Showing you percentages you can count on! 💰 

New Features Dark Mode 😈 #ifyouknowyouknow 😎   Try it out when you're up late and prepping for a good day's work in the morning - being prepared means you can hit the ground running. But you certainly can't do that with the light of 1000 suns shining in your eye balls 👀  Test out the dark mode - work comfortably through the night. Now available on the web and mobile app 👍 

Operations Life as a Millennial/ Gen Z is hard, sometimes typing up a support ticket/ chat seems like soo much work 😴  Dabadu doesn't believe that that's a good enough reason to not get support tho, so we have implemented open virtual support sessions! Just log in, sit back and ask your questions; our support team can walk you through the issue with no extra typing required! You work hard enough; you deserve it! 🚫 💻 

Operations See you at the 2pm virtual support meeting to get a demo of the new features! 🎬 

Hi Team!

The time has come! Dabadu has been vigorously working and preparing to take you under our wing and work together to soar your team's sales success to new heights!
 
 I would love to tell you all about it at 2 PM Today. Please join me as we look back at our first 90 days and showcase what's coming next!

Dabadu Townhall at 2 PM

Thanks,
Pulkit Arora
Founder & CEO Dabadu Inc.

Announcement #NewYearNewFeatures - scroll on down to see what's new and exciting 😎 

Good bye Christmas; Hello New Year! We hope everyone had a great and safe holiday!

We at Dabadu are excited to be back and show you all what we have to offer in 2022; hint: the sky is the limit 🌟 We really appreciated the feedback we received in 2021 and it helped us produce the great products we have today - keep it up in 2022!

This release is a big one, so hold on to your seats - you're not going to want to miss this 🎢

Bug fix Notifications were just wanting to make sure you reaallyy knew what was going on and wanted to be unread forever - we have put them back in their place; unread

Enhancement  There is only time for so many clicks in a day - so we have done our best to remove some! 🐭 Try logging in with the trusty enter button on your keyboard instead of dragging your mouse all away across the screen to find the sign in button

Enhancement  Sales managers; getting hit with 400 leads at the end of the month, tossing them to your team like a hot potato. It can be a struggle when you're tossing 400 potatoes individually; but how about if you were tossing 100 potatoes at a time? We have built the "Bulk Transfer" option; toss away  💸 

Enhancement  Dashboards are growing - we have added the entire team to the dashboard - sales or no sales; so everyone can share the spotlight 💃 🔦 

Enhancement  Lead managers; we have given you the ability to pause those sales reps who might be on vacation, reached their lead limits, or just need a nap break. With the flick of a toggle, we can hold/ resume the stream of leads to a person in an instant without effecting their prior leads 

Enhancement  New and Improved support! We have migrated to a new support platform - check out the new look and feel. We have implemented support videos and documentation for your ease! No matter what the issue, we will get you back on track lickity split 💨 Create your account and start exploring the new features!

Enhancement  Feeling ambition and scrolling through 100 lines of leads at a time, now in our pagination there is no need to scroll all the way to 100, we have a fixed box showing you your pagination options

Enhancement Google reviews popup! Dabadu has just been providing a teaser of google reviews until this point, but now the time has come to see the whole thing. Click on the preview of the review to see a popup filled with glowing appreciative words from your customers 😍 

New Features QUICK ACTIONS! 📣 Call, text, email and notes are now available smack dab right on your leads list page! Test it out - see how much time it save! It's a breeze 🏁 

New Features  You're in a jam, and need help ASAP - there is no one around to remind you how to get to your leads page and a support ticket seems a little extreme. What do you do? CHAT with your friendly neighbourhood support team! 📟 We have implemented a live chat to make sure there is another way to keep everyone confident in their abilities 

New Features Supply chain is not an issue in the Dabadu platform, we are excelling in the export business! Given the right permissions you can now export any grid views you come across in the platform 🚢 

New Features See a new notification from your favourite lead? Click on it - it will bring you right to the messages you were hoping to see 📨 

New Features In our dedication to supporting our friends on Dabadu platform, we have introduced the Bird's eye view! This allows our team to peer into the issues you are seeing, as you are seeing them 👀 This means your credentials can stay secure within your own mind, and allows for a more efficient and comprehensive support process 🙌 

New Features Extra Extra read all about it - in a new report! 👓 Reports have been implemented into Dabadu! Stay tuned as new bustling reports come in the future!

Announcement Dabadu released the 1.2 update, bringing you more of the best new features - read all about them below 📣 

BUG FIX With the colder weather coming - more and more bugs are disappearing ⛔ 

🐜Streamlining communications; working towards all your dialling needs ☎

🐛Cleaning up notifications making them as clear as possible 🔬

🐝 Refunds, Refunds, Refunds - counts, comments and distributions, we've got it sorted 📒 

Improvement ☃ Come join us in the Dabadu winter wonderland; it's just through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, 🍭 through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops 🍬 , and walk through the Lincoln Tunnel ❄ ta-da  ❄ 

NEW FEATURES - 🎅What better way to make your lists and check them twice than with TWO ways to view your leads?! 🎁 We heard your wishes, and delivered just in time for the holidays - the All Leads - Board View is our gift to you 🎄 

NEW FEATURES - 🐹 We all know those leads who can't make a decision without involving their sisters best friends uncle's hamsters dentist - now, we have made it easy to bring them into the loop! 📞 Calling, emailing and messages are open to reach out to any accomplices necessary to facilitate the deal - Check out the new "Compose Chat" feature in messages to get started 🙌 

NEW FEATURES - Ding! Ground Floor please 🏢🚪 We have introduced the Lead Lobby into the portal. Now all leads without an instant match have a safe space to live until the Lead Manager can find them their forever homes 🏡 Unmatched and Overflow leads shall be lonely no more 😌 

Announcement WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS 🔊 ✨ 

The Dabadu teams wants to keep you informed when we bring you the latest and greatest features so you can enjoy them right away! Whenever there is a big release, you will be the first to know - right here!

For the 1.1 release, on top of the beginning of this beautiful announcement update, we have; 

Bug fix Squashing bugs every day to keep you selling smoothly 🚫 🐞 

🐜 Dealergroup pride and identity strengthened exponentially with their new display photos 📷

🐛 Cleared out the cobwebs on the emails, and they are now flowing smoothly through cyberspace, fill them up to a whopping 10MBs with noo problems at all!

🐝 Upload, review and remove documents and paystubs with just a few simple clicks 

Improvement Dabadu just got a little easier on the eyes 👀 with the beautiful new font update 😍 Sending texts and emails is so easy when they look this good 💌 

Improvement  Lead Managers are now in the know with their new Queue management page! They see everything - they know everything 💪 

Improvement  More dealerships? More problems? No way! We've streamlined the onboarding page to get you up and selling in a flash 💥 

New Features  Sales Reps; who wants to make notes and text WHILE you're on a call? 📞  You do? You got it! Calls can now be minimized so work can continue as normal in the background. Jot down all those interesting tid-bits during the call to impress your client with your stellar memory and they will never be the wiser! 😎 

New Features  Only scrolling through 10 leads at a time is for rookies! How about 25? 50? 100?! Go Wild! It's your choice now! 😏

New Features It's all about the details! Swipe left and right (or click to be more precise) through your lead detail pages without having to find your way back to the grid view every time 🙌