Promotion (marketing), 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
Promotion (chess), when a pawn reaches the eighth rank
Promotion (Germany), the German term for the doctoral degree
Promotion (rank), the advancement of an employee's rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system
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
Social promotion, in education, is the practice of advancing a student to the next grade regardless of their completion of material from the preceding grade