“Please join me in congratulating him on his new position.”

You have given one of your employees a promotion. You're writing an email to everyone in your division of the company to announce this and congratulate him. After describing his accomplishments and strengths, you finish your message with:

Please join me in congratulating him on his new position.

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“I'm pleased to announce that Carlos Turner has been promoted to Northeastern Regional Manager.”

You have given one of your employees a promotion. You're writing an email to everyone in your division of the company to announce this and congratulate him. You start your message:

I'm pleased to announce that Carlos Turner has been promoted to Northeastern Regional Manager.

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“She was promoting her new book.”

You went to a talk given by a business book author last night. You are telling your friend about the event and the speaker. You explain why she gave the talk by saying:

She was promoting her new book.

promote (something)

To "promote" a creative work means to do things like talks, radio interviews, press conferences, and book signings in order to tell more people about your work. Things that people "promote" include:

promote your book

promote a movie

promote your new album