My realm was connected to another on Monday and, besides the server "holy wars" going on in trade chat, the world has not ended.

After doing my normal gold-making routine (I'm not changing any prices until a week after the connection) I decided to create 11 new characters on the new realm.

11 new characters means 22 new profession slots. But which do I choose and where do I put them? Read on for some of my initial thoughts.

Episode 077 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest classic World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses his realm being connected, how to prepare for and adjust for having your realm connected, excerpts from our Realm Maintenance podcast interview, new group members coming to the PW:G household and much more. And now… on with the show!

Episode 077:

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A new subreddit has been created for readers, viewers, listeners, supporters, and fans of Power Word: Gold (AKA "The Power Word: Gold Nation").

/R/PWGNation is a subreddit built to let all everyone in the Power Word: Gold community come together to share and discuss gold-making ideas, ask and answer gold-making questions, and interact directly with me (Jim).

Its main purpose is to be a meeting place where people who enjoy Power Word: Gold can come together, share and socialize.

Being a "text post only" subreddit, /r/pwgnation is not designed for (and does not allow) self-promotion (including by Power Word: Gold itself).

I plan to be very active on the subreddit and the current moderators plan to add additional moderators picked directly from The Power Word: Gold Nation.

Head over to http://www.reddit.com/r/pwgnation and subscribe, submit ideas and questions, and enjoy yourself. If you want to easily keep tabs on new content you can also subscribe to the /r/PWGNation RSS feed.

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With Connected Realms (possibly) coming my way the idea of adding 11 more characters is becoming a real possibility. With that in mind I thought I'd take some time today to go over my current gold-making roster of characters.

I'll be breaking the info into three main sections: professions, cooldowns and general gold-making activities. In doing so I hope to expose a bit more information about my own personal gold-making techniques. Read on for more.

Today's reader question asks for ways to help cut down on reposting fees. If you'd like your gold-making questions answered in future Reader Question posts send it to [email protected].

Read on past the jump for more.

Episode 076 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest classic World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's special episode (containing previously unreleased content from the Podcast's past) your host Jim Younkin, co-host Jokine and special guests Pinkeytoes (April) and V1pe discuss Patch 4.2, Jewelcrafting, choosing professions, and much more. And now… on with the show!

Episode 076:

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Rho from the Realm Maintenance Podcast asked me to be a guest on the show. I had a blast recording with Rho and enjoyed discussing the Power Word: Gold Podcast, Warlords of Draenor and much more.

Head over and listen to Realm Maintenance: Ep. #66 - Power Word: Draenor.

While the final episode interview was edited down to a tidy 15 minutes you can listen to the full 45 minute interview on the Realm Maintenance Interviews page.

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Kassandra writes:

"Lately I have been dabbling with pet sales.  One of the things I like best about selling pets is the deposit on auctioning a caged pet is low, a mere one silver to run a twenty-four hour auction.  It would take me a hundred listings before I even lost a single gold piece."

Read the full post Pet Sales by Kassandra over at The Hatchery.

(If you're a new gold-making blogger or simply someone with great gold-making tips, tricks, or techniques to share the easiest way to get your ideas to the world is to submit them to The Hatchery.)

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Episode 075 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin discusses Blizzcon 2013, Garrisons, BoE PVP item, interface changes and much more. And now… on with the show!

Episode 075:

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In case you've been hiding under a rock and haven't heard Blizzcon was this last weekend and we got to learn about World of Warcraft's next expansion "Warlords of Draenor". Warlords is going to be set on Draenor 35 years in the past (you know, before being exploded and turned into Outlands).

While there is going to be lots of news and media in the lead up to the expansion release (which I'm predicting will be late-ish 2014) I thought I'd take some time to highlight a few of the new features that us gold-makers will be interested in. Read on past the jump for more.

YouTube: Gold-Making With Jim! #0338 (2.6M Gold+) by Jim Younkin

YouTube Playlist: Gold-Making With Jim! (0301-0400)

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