The phrase "step up promotion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to an increase in promotional activity. For example, "Our company needs to step up promotion if we want to increase sales."
Starting a day after flying to the Lincoln, he stepped up promotion of his domestic agenda on points like tax cuts, health care, energy and limits on lawsuit awards.
Odeon also stepped up promotion of its food and drink and introduced a sweet and salty variety of popcorn, factors that have helped to increase non-ticket spending by 19.4%.
To remain competitive, McDonald's stepped up promotion of its value menus — like the Dollar Menu.
Indeed, when CBS Emmis Communications switched its 101.9 FM station in New York from smooth jazz to an adult rock format, CBS stepped up promotion of the Web site of KTWV, the CBS smooth jazz station in Los Angeles.
[C15.] Airlines Step Up Promotions As air travel slowly picks up again, the major airlines are promoting lower business-travel fares, tweaking advance-purchase and minimum-stay rules and devising new ways to sell tickets online and through direct e-mail promotions.
Like many retailers, Circuit City cut prices sharply and stepped up promotions Thanksgiving weekend to attract shoppers at the beginning of the traditional holiday shopping season.
Like for like sales in the five weeks to 5 January rose 5%, but Debenhams said it had stepped up promotions so margins for the year would be rise by around 10 basis points rather than the previously forecast 20 basis points.
Lewis's promotion puts a strain on Pittsburgh's depth, though the Steelers believe that last year's mid-round picks, Curtis Brown and Cortez Allen, will be ready to step up.
