The long
game.

Why the brands scaling fastest are playing for years, not quarters. Dilate & The Trade Desk collaborated on an event to show why programmatic and brand-building are the same investment — not separate budgets. Here’s everything from the night.

On the night

More photos to come.

The room at Henry's Loft, Subiaco, with The Long Game on screen Guests at the Dilate x The Trade Desk event The audience at the Dilate x The Trade Desk event The speaker line-up on stage at the Dilate x The Trade Desk event, with the schedule on screen

The slides

Speaker sessions

Amanda

Dilate

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Kaitlyn & Stephanie

The Trade Desk

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Luke

Dilate

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Amanda & Onnika

Dilate & Megara Property

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Further reading

01

Book

The Long and the Short of It

Les Binet & Peter Field — 2013

02

Book

Effectiveness in Context: A Manual for Brand Building

Les Binet & Peter Field — 2018

03

Book

How Brands Grow

Byron Sharp — 2010

04

Book

How Brands Grow Part 2

Jenni Romaniuk & Byron Sharp — 2015

05

Book

Building Distinctive Brand Assets

Jenni Romaniuk — 2018

06

Book

The Hidden Power of Advertising

Robert Heath — 2001