Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
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Promotion (marketing)
In marketing, promotion refers to any type of marketing communications, marketing communication used to inform target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or issue, persuasively. It helps marketers to create a distinctive p ...
, 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
An advertising campaign or marketing campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC). An IMC is a platform in which a group of people can group their ide ...
, 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 this is called the press junket or film junket. Film promotion generally include ...
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Promotional recording
A promotional recording, 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 mus ...
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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 recor ...
Status or progress
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Promotion (chess)
In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its . The player replaces the pawn immediately with a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same . The new piece does not have to be a previously captu ...
, when a pawn reaches the eighth rank
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Promotion (Germany)
A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
, the German term for the doctoral degree
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Promotion (rank)
A promotion is the advancement of an employee's rank, role or position in an organizational hierarchy system. Promotion may be an employee's reward for good performance, i.e., positive appraisal.
Organizations can use promotions to motivate an ...
, the advancement of an employee's rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system
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Promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...
, 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 an educational practice in which a student is promoted to the next grade at the end of the school year, regardless of whether they have mastered the necessary material or attended school consistently. This practice typically a ...
, 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
''The Promotion'' is a 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Steven Conrad. The film stars Seann William Scott, John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor, Fred Armisen, and Gil Bellows. A look at the quest for the American D ...
'', a 2008 film
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"Promotion" (song), 2024 song by ¥$ from the album ''Vultures 2''
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. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within ...
, a company or business that produces professional wrestling events
* ProMotion, a proprietary
variable refresh rate
Variable refresh rate (VRR) refers to a dynamic display that can continuously and seamlessly change its refresh rate without user input. A display supporting a variable refresh rate usually supports a specific range of refresh rates (e.g. 30 Hertz ...
technology by Apple
* Promotion or trump promotion; see
glossary of contract bridge terms
These terms are used in contract bridge, using Duplicate bridge, duplicate or Rubber bridge, rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This glossary supplements t ...
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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 s ...
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Promoter (entertainment)
A promoter works with event production and entertainment industries to promote their productions, including in music and sports. Promoters are individuals or organizations engaged in the business of marketing and promoting live, or pay-per-view ...
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