Glossary of Marketing Communications Terminology

Professional Marketing Standards

CIM's grid of marketing competencies required to achieve business aims. CIM's new syllabus structure is mapped out against each marketing level as identified in the grid.

• P's
• Packaging
• Page View
• PANSES
• Parallel Importing
• Pay Per Click (PPC)
• Pay Per Click Searchengine
• Pay Per Lead (PPL)
• Pay Per Sale (PPS)
• Payment By Results (PBR)
• Peer to Peer (P2P) Marketing
• PEEST
• Personal Data
• Personal Selling
• PEST
• Pester Power
• PESTLE
• Photography
• Physical Evidence
• PIMS
• Planning
• Podcast
• Point of Purchase
• Point of Sale
• POP

• Pop-under
• Pop-Under Ad
• Pop-up
• Pop-Up Ad
• Portal
• Porter's Five Forces
• Portfolio (and Portfolio Analysis)
• POS
• Positioning
• PR
• Press Release
• Product Launch
• Product Life Cycle
• Product Placement
• Professional Marketing Standards
• Professional Services
• Programming
• Promotion
• Promotional Mix
• Promotional Plan
• Public Relations
• Publicity
• Pull Promotion
• Push Promotion