Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
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Promotion (marketing)
In marketing, promotion refers to any type of marketing communication used to inform target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or issue, most of the time persuasive in nature. It helps marketers to create a distinctive pl ...
, one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or issue
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Advertising campaign, a promotional campaign
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Film promotion
Film promotion is the practice of promotion specifically in the film industry, and usually occurs in coordination with the process of film distribution. Sometimes called the press junket or film junket, film promotion generally includes press rele ...
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Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, or plug copy, is an audio or video recording distributed free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available. Promos are normally sent directly to broadcasters, such as ...
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Radio promotion
Radio promotion is the division of a record company which is charged with placing songs on the radio. They maintain relationships with program directors at radio stations and attempt to persuade them to play singles to promote the sale of recordi ...
Status or progress
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Promotion (chess), when a pawn reaches the eighth rank
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Promotion (Germany)
A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...
, the German term for the doctoral degree
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Promotion (rank), the advancement of an employee's rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system
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Promotion and relegation, in sports leagues, is a process where some teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season
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Social promotion
Social promotion is the practice of promoting a student (usually a general education student, rather than a special education student) to the next Educational stage, grade after the current school year, regardless of if they learned the necessary ...
, in education, is the practice of advancing a student to the next grade regardless of their completion of material from the preceding grade
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Promotion'' (film), a 2013 Bengali film directed by Snehasish Chakraborty
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"The Promotion" (''The Office'' episode)
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The Promotion'', a 2008 film
Other uses
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Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the amateur olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails man ...
, a company or business that produces professional wrestling events
* ProMotion, an Apple proprietary
variable refresh rate technology
* Promotion or trump promotion; see
glossary of contract bridge terms
See also
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Demotion
A demotion is a compulsory reduction in an employee's rank or job title within the organizational hierarchy of a company, public service department, or other body. A demotion may also lead to the loss of other privileges associated with a more seni ...
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Promoter (entertainment)
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