This chapter discusses marketing communications and the promotional mix. It defines promotion and its role in the marketing mix. The communication process is described, including the sender, message, channel, receiver, feedback, and factors that can interfere. The goals of promotion are to inform, persuade, and remind. The promotional mix includes advertising, public relations, personal selling, sales promotion and social media. The AIDA model outlines the stages of gaining consumer attention, interest, desire and action. Integrated marketing communications coordinates all promotional messages. Factors like the product, its life cycle stage, target market and available funds influence the optimal promotional mix.