If you are small business or {worse} a startup, then the question of whether to hire a PR firm is probably something you are always grappling with. In my experience, PR has been a much maligned and under-executed tool in the marketer's basket. Few companies I have spoken to have good things to say about their PR experiences.

Take this #5QTest and find out where you stand. Answering these questions will also give you the ideas to improve your PR strategy, no matter how well or badly you score today. As a bonus, if you haven't thought about these questions before as part of your business strategy, now you know what to do!