Top Blog Posts, News & Podcasts From October

Top Blog Posts, Podcasts, & Links From October 2012

October continued on as another great month here at Cold's Gold Factory, with plenty of the fresh Mists of Pandaria traffic continuing to pour in.  Readers, you can always send in questions to me directly or you can leave your WoW gold making questions over on the /Goblinism subreddit.

October's WoW Gold Blogging Carnival was a great one that focused on our MoP Launch Strategies and Results.  This was a great series to see the various plans of multiple gold makers and just how they turned out posts Mists of Pandaria's launch.  Be sure to check out those carnival entries and you may get a few ideas for making gold in WoW that you aren't already working on.

Podcast News From October

Auction House Junkies

The Auction House Junkies podcast is done.  Yup. We've officially called it quits instead of limping out a show here and there.  The previous shows are still available and are still worth a listen for new listeners, but there are no plans to release new episodes at this time.  The show won't be resurrected in the future, without the help of a financial sponsor.  I'd love to continue on with the podcast, but I can't afford to carry the finacial burden, nor do I have time for editing it in addition to my own podcast segment, so it's dead at this point.

The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast

With the collapse of AHJ, we've rolled gold making segments into the new mostly WoW format of The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast.  We've been bringing some good discussion and content that relates to the World of Warcraft economy and WoW gold making as a regular part of every show, so don't miss it!

We've had some pretty awesome, funny, and crazy episodes lately, as well as our first ever guest on the show (Episodes #25).  Here's the latest episodes from October:

1. The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast #21 - "Bubbles The Orc"
2. The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast #22 - "Progressive Heaven" (Musical Week while we took a break from the show)
3. The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast #23 - "Zumba Scouts"
4. The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast #24 - "Crazy Bacon"

Gifts For Gamers Additions

The Gifts For Gamers column on Saturdays has been going great and I've been having a blast sharing some of the cool stuff I've found.  Be sure to check out the older entries and look out for some great ones still to come!  Here are the ones from October:

1. Gifts For Gamers - War of the Ancients WoW TCG Loot
2. Gifts For Gamers - 14" Poseable Plush Sinister Squashling
3. Gifts For Gamers - "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
4. Gifts For Gamers - Top 15 Gamer Friendly Movies From My Childhood

Top Cold's Gold Factory Blog Posts From October

1. Tillers Union Daily Quests & Mats - Easy Gold Making - Shopping lists for dailies grinds and what you should be tilling & selling.
2. Spirit of Harmony Equivalent Crafting Values aka Kobolds Are Bad At Math
3. Ghost Iron Dragonling & The New Cogwheels (Tinker's Gear) - Cogwheels are selling for crazy profit still on my server.
4. Greenstone Quarry - Ghost Iron Ore Farming - My favorite spot for Ghost Iron farming.
5. Restored Artifacts, Brann Bronzebeard, & Easier Vial Of Sands - It's so much easier to grind the damn Vial recipe now.

Goldgrub's Goblin Academy

In addition to the posts here, we are trying to get Goldgrub's Goblin Academy off of life support and back kicking out more posts.  Here is a great pair of posts from Goldgrubs.com.

1. Farming Meats For MoP Cooking - Easy reference with links to top MoP meat farming spots.  Thanks Nev!
2. Gold Making Tips On Low Pop WoW Servers - A great guest post submitted from a first time writer.  Stop by and leave him some feedback.

As always, thanks for reading and checking out the podcast episodes! 

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Check out some of my Squidoo lenses:  Alliance Vs Horde - Come Vote! | Diablo 3 Gifts For Gamers | Getting Started Podcasting 101 | Play Money by Julian Dibble | Auction House Junkies | Fluxx - My Fav Card Game

Recommended Guides: Secret Gold Guide | Journal of Marcus Ty | WoW Secrets

Top Posts, News, & Podcasts Info From September

Top Blog Posts, News, & Podcasts From September 2012

 

September was another great month here at Cold's Gold Factory with a nice flood of new traffic coming as players returned for Mists of Pandaria.  Remember, you can always send in questions to me directly or you can leave your WoW gold making questions over on the new /Goblinism subreddit. 

 

In September, we ran the Gold Blogging Carnival on the Remote Auction House to compare different WoW gold making strategies, tips, and trips for using the now free remote auction house.  Be sure to check out those 8 carnival posts from multiple authors, especially since the remote auction house access is now available to everyone.

Last month, I also released the new blog posting schedule for Cold's Gold Factory, which has already gone into effect.  The weekly column Gifts For Gamers is now also underway and the entries can be seen here on the site every Saturday.

 

Podcast News From September

 

Auction House Junkies

 

Fail - Recording this weekend, if all goes as planned.

Grand Old Podcast - History Of WoW Podcasters

I was featured on Sayo's Grand Old Podcast - History of WoW Podcasters.  This interview was a lot of fun and we had a nice long discussion of a ton of topics including WoW gaming, blogging, and podcasting.  I got some very nice feedback about the interview and someone even said it was "very inspiring".  Ah, warm and fuzzies.  Make sure to check it out and check out the other great interviews from Sayomara.

• Grand Old Podcast Interview With Cold

The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast

 

We continue to pump out the episodes on The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast.  We have a lot of fun recording this show to be both entertaining, helpful, and informative.  So be sure to check it out on iTunes or Stitcher Radio.  If you like the show, then make sure to drop a review on iTunes.  Those reviews help us to pull in new listeners, which can lead to more interaction and better show discussions.

 

EGP Episodes From September 2012

• Episode #17 - "70k Dead Chickens"
• Episode #18 - "Blue Oyster Bar"
• Episode #19 - "MoP Launch Goodies"
• Episode #20 - "Wife Soup"

 

Top Blog Posts Here At Cold's Gold Factory From September

 

Most Popular Posts:

• Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick | No More Free Gems For Miners - This is the #1 camped and desired rare item since the launch of Mists of Pandaria, just as I assumed it would be.
• Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm | How To Catch Extra Fish - Get this nifty Charm and you'll be able to catch extra fish in the MoP Fishing Pools.
• Cross Realm Auction Houses For WoW? - Discussion on how horrible of an idea a cross realm auction house would be.
• Top 5 Rare Elite Vanity Items For Gold Makers - The new rares in Mists of Pandaria can drop some pretty sweet items.  These are the 5 best and are well worth hunting down for their loot.
• Companion Pets vs Battle Pets - Pricing Discrepencies and Warnings About The Pet Markets - The pet markets are a crazy mess and we can use that to our advantage.

As always, thanks for reading and taking the time to leave comments on the site.  Any discussion or social sharing of posts is greatly appreciated.  Keep on keepin' on!

 

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Check out some of my Squidoo lenses:  Alliance Vs Horde - Come Vote! | Diablo 3 Gifts For Gamers | Getting Started Podcasting 101 | Play Money by Julian Dibble | Auction House Junkies | Fluxx - My Fav Card Game

Recommended Guides: Secret Gold Guide | Journal of Marcus Ty | WoW Secrets

Top Blog Posts From July 2012

Top Blog Posts, News, & Podcasts From July 2012

I've started to turn back to more of a regular posting schedule here at Cold's Gold Factory, in preparation for Mists of Pandaria, the next WoW expansion.  After losing the majority of interest in that whack ass Diablo 3, I'm back playing and experimenting within the time stood favorite, World of Warcraft.  I have been very pleased with the quality of posts that I've been writing lately and look forward to spreading more gold making goodness in regards to getting ready for the next expansion.  I've started up my bank and guild bank cleaning projects and have resumed stockpiling for Mists of Pandaria.

In July, We ran the Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival featuring Gold Maker Recommendations For The Expansion Lull to help provide insight as to what you can be doing now at the end of the expansion to prepare for the next one.  The topic for the August CGF Blogging Carnival was also announced, where we will compare different posting strategies of seperate markets.

Podcast News For July

Auction House Junkies

The big news is that Auction House Junkies is back putting out WoW gold making podcasts.  We've already released 2 new episodes and we are busy researching for more episodes to come out in the near future.

Be sure to check out: 

• Auction House Junkies Episode #29 : Where Were You Guys Last Week?
• Auction House Junkies Episode #30 : The Ghost Hunters Episode

The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast

The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast continues pumping out episodes on a weekly basis (minus the week we lost an episode and R9z's computer, but we hope to get that episode off the hard drive once the pc is fixed and healthy again.)  The shift in content has swung back towards World of Warcraft as we are getting sick of Diablo 3 and Mists of Pandaria is less than 2 months away.

Be sure to check out:

• The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast Episode #11 : Necro What?
• The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast Episode #12 : Warcraft Rage
• The Eviscerated Gaming Podcast Episode #13 : Still Here?

As always, if you enjoy the podcasts, be sure to stop by iTunes and leave us a review or give us a thumbs up on Stitcher Radio.

Top Blog Posts Here At Cold's Gold Factory In July

Top 5 posts of July here at Cold's Gold Factory were:

1. Source List Of All Companion Pets Turning To Rare Battle Pets - Find out what pets are going to be rare battle pets and find out how you can obtain them, as well as which ones are no longer obtainable.
2. Dump Your Holiday Pets Now! - This post warns and explains why you shouldn't hang on to those holiday pets you've been stockpiling for Mists of Pandaria.
3. Why Buy Low, Sell Normal Is A Joke - Don't be fooled by internet salesmen sensationalism.  Buy low, sell normal is laughable and is only worth practicing if you want to limit your profits.
4. Guide To WoW TCG Pet Codes & Loot Cards - A breakdown of what pets come from which loot codes as well as what TCG expansion these codes are from, in case you feel like gambling.
5. Battle Pets Podcast With Alludra & Kephas - Here I introduce a great new podcast that I have been enjoying that focuses on the upcoming Battle Pets System.

If you haven't checked out these popular posts, then have a look.  I'm sure you will find plenty of useful information within them.  As always, thanks for reading!


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Recap: Top Blog Posts From February

February Popular Posts At Cold's Gold Factory

Each month, I like to do a quick wrap-up of the top posts from the previous month.  This helps bring attention to some of the most discussed or the most visited blog posts here at Cold's Gold Factory and it is especially helpful for new or returning readers to find great posts that they may have missed.

By a longshot, the most popular posts from the month of February were the posts dealing with the Love Is In The Air holiday event and farming the needed Lovely Charms. 

Best Place To Farm Lovely Charms 2012 - This holiday specific blog post was designed to bring attention to my favorite Lovely Charm farming location and killing Slags.  While Throne of Tides may be prefer by some, I prefer the Slags myself.

Making Gold With Lovely Charm Farming - The debate stirring post.  Which is more time efficient: Farming all the Charms to make Bracelets or using the daily holiday event quests to gather your Love tokens?

Goblinism From The Early Years And Beyond - This was a fun post to write and showed just a handful of the ways I've learned to hustle over the earlier years of my life.

Using Inflation In WoW To Make More Gold - Here I discuss the strategy of using inflation to your advantage by buying materials now for the selling crafted products after the prices inflate.

Guild Challenges & Reflections On The Random Invite Guild - The all random invite guild hit the level 25 guild level cap and this was my summary post on just how much gold I made passively.  I also discuss how I could have promoted more guild challenges to earn extra gold each week.

Auction House Junkies February Recap

During February we released 2 new episodes of The Auction House Junkies podcast.  I also created and displayed The Auction House Junkies Cast Member Photo so you can see what the three of us look like, well sort of - LOL.  I also debuted the Auction House Junkies Swag Shop on Zazzle and the Auction House Junkies Official Squidoo Page, where you can vote on your favorite cast member, leave show topic ideas, and answer polls and questions.  Be sure to stop by and check them out.

AHJ - Episode #24: Cold Plays Mono-Blue - The guys pushed the time up and called me just as I started a MTGO tournament where I had drafted an all Blue Deck for sealed.

AHJ - Episode #25: French Dip - The infamous French Dip sandwich show.



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Top Blog Posts From January 2012

Recap Of Popular January Posts

Here is a look back into some of the most popular posts from January 2012 here at Cold's Gold Factory.

The Random Invite Guild Hits Guild Level 25 - The anti-social all random invite guild reaches the guild cap and passively earns me 17,000 gold along the way.  In a follow-up post, I discuss how promoting Guild Challenges for gold making could have greatly increased those earnings from the guild.

My Scribe's Favorite WoW Gold Making Spot - As an entry into the February Gold Blogging Carnival, I go over one of my secret spots for efficient gold making in World of Warcraft, the Orgrimmar Troll Auction Hut.  A location every Horde Scribe should know and love thanks to the close proximity of all things Inscription.

Looking Ahead To Battle Pets In WoW's Mists of Pandaria - Looking ahead to WoW's upcoming expansion, Mists of Pandaria, and what will be some of the determining factors in placing value on companion pets and the Battle Pet System.

Population Cycles and Mysterious Fortune Card Barking - Touching back on barking and selling Mysterious Fortune Cards and looking at times that sales will spike to coincide with population spikes.  Mysterious Fortune Cards will never become obsolete, but some times they sell much better than others.

The Lunar Festival Cross Faction Exchange Markets - The Lunar Festival brings in both Horde and Alliance Lanterns.  Selling them to the faction that can earn and purchase them is foolish, while selling them cross faction brings major profits.

Murloc Scale Belts & Slimy Murloc Scales - Bringing attention to a rare crafting material used for a Best-in-Slot twink belt.  Funny thing is that players who have never twinked are pretty clueless about twinking gear and the respective twink markets. 

These were the most popular posts from last month.  If you missed them the first go around, be sure to check them out now as there are some great articles in this batch. 

On another note:  Be sure to check out the Auction House Junkies staff photo, now hosted at AuctionHouseJunkies.com for a good laugh.  :)

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Recap Of Top October WoW Gold Making Posts

October - Popular Posts From Cold's Gold Factory

Welcome to all of my new and returning readers! Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight gold posts that appeared during the month prior. I highlight the top 5 most popular and the posts with the most comments / best discussion.  Be sure to check these gold making articles out, if you missed them when they went live.

Make sure to Google +1 any posts you like and share them with your friends and followers.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Top 5 Most Popular Posts From October

• Profits From The Creep Crate Pet Quest -  Easy money selling the quest items to ignorant players.
• Patch 4.3 To Bring Tradeable Chaos Orbs - Finally we won't be tied to running heroics on our crafters for Chaos Orbs.
• Patch 4.3 Cata Epic Gem JC Recipes & Tome of Burning Jewels - The JC Recipe vendor for the new epic gems cuts has been found on the PTR.
• Patch 4.3 Epic Gems Compilation From Multiple Bloggers - A portal to some of the hottest epic gem news from various WoW blogging sites.
• WoW Auction House Fail Tactics - Selling At A Loss- Why I think selling at a loss is pointless.

Top  Most Discussed Posts From October

• The Random Guild Hits Guild Level 20 - Easily one of the most controversial topics ever.  I've been called everything from a blood-sucking leech to a mastermind for creating a guild that allows all of my alts to have guild perks, while skimming gold from the Cash Flow guild perks.  Check out the original and first follow-up on the Passive Income guild project here: Passive Income Guild Invite All & Guild Bank Skimming and Cash Flow Update.  Feel free to leave your opinion on the highly controversial guild bank project.  We should hit guild level 21 tonight!
• BoE Sinister Squashling Soon? - How many did you already delete?

It is also a great time to sign up to become an affiliate for the MFC Mastery guide. Earn some cash by referring this awesome guide to your friends, guild members, or readers. I pay 40% of the sale total (which is a 50/50 split after fees are deducted) when you refer a buyer.  Why not refer others and get paid too?

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Recap Of Popular September WoW Gold Making Posts

September - Popular Posts From Cold's Gold Factory

Welcome to all of my new and returning readers! Each month I do a recap of the month prior and highlight ten gold posts or gold guides that appeared during the previous month. I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion. Be sure to check these articles out, if you missed them when they went live.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Top 5 Most Popular Posts From September

• WoW Patch 4.3 - Pyrite Ore Is Fool's Gold After All - The breaking news on Epic Gems not coming out of Pyrite Ore Prospecting
• WoW Patch 4.3 - Epic Gems Transumted By Alchemists and Cut By Jewelers - New PTR Epic Gem discoveries favorable to Alchemists and Jewelcrafters
• Farming Large Brilliant Shards Via The Brewfest Dungeon Queue - The post from last year seeing major traffic still this year.  Brewfest is the best time to farm easy LBSs.
• Options For Unloading Your Pyrite Ore Stockpile - The ways you can still profit from Pyrite Ore, even without Epic Gem Prospecting.
• 10 Reasons It Sucks To Be WoW Gold Maker - WoW Gold Making - It's not always fun.

Top 5 2 Best Discussed Posts From September

• Which Epic Gem Cuts To Purchase First? - My recommendations for which gem patterns to focus on first.
• But I'm Not Dead Yet - The Donation Post - Thanks For Everything Guys and Gals!

Due to the lack of posts while my home computer was down, there where a much lower number of overall posts.  This month, I will have enough content released to fill both Top 5 lists during the next monthly recap.

Other Blogging / Podcasting News

Be sure to check out Auction House Junkies Episode #16, as the podcast is back up and running.  Thanks again to the Big 5 named in the show!

Now is a great time to sign up to become an affiliate for the MFC Mastery guide as sales have exploded lately with the recent wave of endorsements on the various WoW Gold Making Podcasts.  Your readers are buying the product.  Earn some cash by referring this awesome guide to your friends, guild members, or readers. I pay 40% of the sale total (which is a 50/50 split after fees are deducted) when you refer a buyer.  Why not refer others and get paid too?

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August Recap of Top Gold Tips & Posts

Top Posts From August

Ha!  Manager is gone and I snuck in the office and got a quick post up for you guys.  As I do every month, I like to do a recap of the top articles from the previous month.  This gives a chance for you to catch up with some of the top articles from the month prior and helps the newer visitors find some extra reading material.  So just like every month, the recap is still live.

Most Popular

1. Firelands Dailies - Got My Flameward Hippogryph, Now What?
2. 67 WoW Gold Tips - Help If You're Stuck
3. How New Goblins Can Adge Out Veteran Auctioneers
4. Patch 4.3 Gold Sinks - Transmogrification & Void Storage
5. Farming Dragon Whelp Companions For WoW Gold

Most Discussed

1. Transmogrification In WoW Patch 4.3 | Will Mogging Be Profitable?
2. RMT Options In Diablo 3 Cash Making AH
3. Dust of Disappearance Barking
4. Reader Submission: Fire Prisms, Epic Gems, and Heavenly Shards
5. Deviate Scale Belt: Easy Gold For Veteran Leatherworkers

The Gold Blogging Carnival here at Cold's Gold Factory is coming soon.  I will find time to hit the library and get the carnival post slated for the 11th as usual.  So the Gold blogging Carnival is still on.  Get your articles written and send those links in.

The topic is "Why We Play The Auction House / Emotional Feelings Of Auctioneering." If you don't have a blog and would like to participate in the blogging carnival, you can send me a guest post on the same topic and I will host your article at Goldgrub's Goblin Academy. Bloggers, get your carnival entries in to reserve your top spot on the list of entries (First come, First listed). 
It is also a great time to sign up to become an affiliate for the MFC Mastery guide. Earn some cash by referring this awesome guide to your friends, guild members, or readers. I pay 40% of the sale total (which is a 50/50 split after fees are deducted) when you refer a buyer. Sales are continuing to come in. Why not refer others and get paid too?  I also have another guide in the works that will be launching by the end of the month hopefully.  Sign up and learn the ropes of affiliate marketing and you can make some extra cash during the launch of the new guide.

Enjoy The Posts Here at Cold's Gold Factory? Check Out Cold's Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery Gold Making Guide To Get You Started. Also Check Out The Teenager's Gold Guide To Get Started With Learning The Auction House As A Younger Player.

Recap of Popular Blog Posts From July

July - Popular Posts From Cold's Gold Factory

Welcome to all of my new and returning readers! Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight 10 gold posts or gold guides that appeared during the previous month. I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion. Patch 4.2 is currently live on the World of Warcraft servers and July saw a lot of dedicated posts regarding 4.2 and the Firelands Dailies.  Be sure to check these articles out, if you missed them when they went live.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Top 5 Most Popular Posts From July

• Firelands Dailies: Shadow Wardens or Druids of The Talon? - This became the most viewed post here at Cold's Gold Factory within only a matter of days.  Current view statistics are approaching 30k page views!  A great read if you are starting your Firelands Invasion Dalies.
• Patch 4.2 Firelands Recipes Are BoE
• Maximizing Your First Firelands Dailies - Great information on getting the most Volatiles out of your required quests.  Some mobs are tons better than others.  Do you know which to kill and which to ignore?
• Post Patch 4.2 Embersilk Cloth Farming (Shadow Wardens Questing) - A hot new spot I found for farming stacks of Embersilk Cloth.
• Druids of the Talon Daily Quest Farming - Another maximizing your daily quests post, this time for Druids of the Talon dalies.

Top 5 Most Discussed Posts From July

• Screw Inferno Rubies, I'm Stocking Up Dream Emeralds - Discussing my plans to mass craft Flintlocke's Woodchuckers brought out the trolls.
• WoW Patch 4.2 Tanked Volatile Fire and Volatile Earth
• Fire Prism Epic Gem Strategy - Discussion about Fire Prisms and if pre-made ones could contain Epic Gems.
• Warning:  You Can't Trust All Gold Bloggers - Detailing how some bloggers post false information in an attempt to sway markets.
• Nightmare Tears Sales & Prismatic Socket Ignorance - The rush on Nightmare Tears was finally solved in the comments.

The Gold Blogging Carnival here at Cold's Gold Factory is coming soon. The topic is "Summer Adaptation." If you don't have a blog and would like to participate in the blogging carnival, you can send me a guest post on the same topic and I will host your article at Goldgrub's Goblin Academy. Bloggers, get your carnival entries in to reserve your top spot on the list of entries (First come, First listed).

It is also a great time to sign up to become an affiliate for the MFC Mastery guide. Earn some cash by referring this awesome guide to your friends, guild members, or readers. I pay 40% of the sale total (which is a 50/50 split after fees are deducted) when you refer a buyer.  Sales are continuing to come in.  Why not refer others and get paid too?

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Recap of Popular June Gold Making Posts

Welcome Back!

Welcome to all of my new and returning readers! Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight 10 gold posts or gold guides that appeared during the previous month. I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion.  Patch 4.2 is currently live on the World of Warcraft servers.  Overall site traffic is climbing higher than ever as there are many players looking for gold tips and more Patch 4.2 gold guides and strategies.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Top 5 Most Popular Posts From June

• The Alt Army Preparation For WoW Patch 4.2 - Getting the alts ready to start the new Patch 4.2 Hyjal Dailies.
• Best Use For A Free WoW Vet Account - Using your free second account for cross faction commerce (arbitrage).
• Frost Lord Ahune Cloak Drops Increase Enchant Sales - Can also be applied to the new Patch 4.2 Thrall quest chain which rewards a cloak also.
• Patch 4.2 Inferno Ruby Cuts - Sell Now Or Hold Out? - Are you on the bandwagon or are you waiting for the Inferno Ruby cuts to rise in price.
• Top 9 Uses For The Remote Auction House - What are you using the Remote Auction House for?

Top 5 Most Discussed Posts From June

• My Take On Power Leveling Professions - Why I don't power level wastefully.
• Help a Young Reader Out Research Project - Robbie needs your help witha survey for a school research project related to World of Warcraft.
• That Dreaded Time Of Year Again - School kids are out for the summer.  Competition and auction house camping is on the rise.
• Midsummer Fire Festival | Leveling Alts With Bonfires - +XP buffs, Dps buffs, Easy bonfires, and more.
• Guild Bank Skimming & Cash Flow Update - The random invite guild update and controversial topic.  Check out the forum thread over at the Consortium and comment if you think this is a shady practice or it is perfectly legit.  Unethical Gold Making Forum Thread

Ideal Alts Series For Gold Makers

June also saw the release of a full series on Ideal Alts.  This entire series was both well received and discussed. 

Ideal Alts Series

• Ideal Alts Series Intro /Wes’s Building A Better Bank Alt
• The Dungeon Farmer – An Ideal Heroic Farming Alt
• The Collector – An Ideal Vendor Flipping and Pet Selling Alt
• The Herder – An Ideal AoE Farmer Alt
• The Low Level Dungeon Farmer – An Ideal Alt For Farming Low Level Instances
• The Solo Raider and World Boss Killer - An Ideal Alt For Farming Old Raids

 The Gold Blogging Carnival here at Cold's Gold Factory is coming soon.  The topic is "Create Your Own Ideal Alt."  If you don't have a blog and would like to participate in the blogging carnival, you can send me a guest post on the same topic and I will host your article at Goldgrub's Goblin Academy.  Bloggers, get your carnival entries in to reserve your top spot on the list of entries (First come, First listed).

MFC Mastery Holiday Sale Ending Soon

The Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery WoW gold making guide holiday blowout sale will end soon (Midnight after 4th of July).  Now is a great time to save $5 off of the $11 MFC gold guide.

At Checkout, Enter Code: firecracker

To save $5 off the purchase price.  Get your guide for a total of $6 during this holiday blowout sale.

That is a 46% savings off of the regular price!  After this holiday weekend, the price returns to $11.  Get your copy now because the price will never be this low again.

It is also a great time to sign up to become an affiliate for the MFC Mastery guide.  Earn some cash by referring this awesome guide to your friends, guild members, or readers.  I pay 40% of the sale total (which is a 50/50 split after fees are deducted) when you refer a buyer.

Recap Of Popular May CGF Posts

Welcome Back!

Welcome to all of my new and returning readers!  Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight 10 gold posts or gold guides that appeared during the previous month.  I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion.  Comments have been down a bit, since I turned off "anonymous" commenting, but the quality is still great.  It does save me having to delete some spam and helps keeps the idiots from commenting.  (No offense to any anon commentors that have a legit reason to be anonymous.)

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Last month, we had a special announcement regarding the scandalous practices of Markco of JMTC that saw a lot of page views as well as comments.  More comments (71) than have ever been on a single post here at Cold's Gold Factory.  Neither traffic, nor comments were motivations for the post.  They were just a side-effect of the public service announcement. 

Most Popular Gold Posts From May

• Patch 4.2 Engineering Love - Learn about the Engineering crafted epic gun and new scopes coming in Patch 4.2.
• Zul'Aman Amani Hex Sticks Since Patch 4.1 - Amani Hex Sticks made it through the Zul'Aman dungeon changes from Patch 4.1, but they are now unbound and are able to be traded and sold on the auction house.  This is where you farm for Sealed Scroll Cases.
• Don't Stockpile For WoW Patch 4.2 Just Yet - Great post with great comments here.  The initial reminder about the summer market cycle that begins when schools start to let out.  I'm not stockpiling for Patch 4.2 until the schools get out and prices that to tank.
• Epic Gems Guest Post | Gem Stacking in Patch 4.2 - A guest post by newcomer Shikari of Shikari's AH.  First guest post to make a Top 5.  Bloggers: Guest posts are always welcome.
• 2 Types Of Auction House Buyers - A lesson on Purchasers versus Shoppers and supplying the needs of both types of AH Buyers.

Gold Posts / Guides With The Most Discussion From May

• Twilight Highlands Vendors Nerfed - Nearly all the exclusive vendors in the Twlight Highlands Cataclysm zone are no longer exclusive. Vendors selling the same recipes and cogwheels are now available in major cities. This means you can get the Cataclysm level high end crafting recipes at character level 75 now. Bummer.
• Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery | WoW Gold Guide - This was the post I launched my WoW Gold Guide.  Take note.  This is in the Discussion Section of the Monthly Recap.  The comments section is a great journey and testimonial.
• Realm Gold Add-On For WoW - This add-on spotlight was aimed at a nice little add-on I enjoy using - Realm Gold.  Adds up the total gold on all of my characters.  Love It.
• Forged Documents Dailies For Gold - The cost to craft has been lowered, thus making these profitable to craft.  Only can make one per day though.
• Bank Item Decay and Banking Neglect - Are You Neglecting Your Banks?  Is it a Stockpile or Are You A Hoarder?

So dig in and enjoy.  Get caught up, if you're new. 

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CGF April Gold Posts Recap

Welcome to all the new readers

Patch 4.1 has created a wave of players coming to Cold's Gold Factory.  Come on In and Join Us for Discussion.  Today is a recap post.  Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight 10 gold posts or guides that appeared during the previous month.  I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion.  April saw some excellent topics to discuss, especially with the release of Patch 4.1 lurking.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Most Popular Gold Posts From April

• Satchel of Exotic Mysteries | Call To Arms Dungeon Finder - 3 Satchels in and I've got my first epic mount - Too bad I already own it.
• Flipping Winterspring Cub Companion Pets - Sales still going well.
• Undocumented Enchanting Changes For Patch 4.1 - Enchant Shield - Vitality is the big sleeper pick here.
• Gold Guides To WoW Patch 4.1 Recap - This is a recap of all my gold posts on Patch 4.1 (prior to it's release)
• Warcraft Herb and Ore Markets In Flux -  And they remain in flux.

Gold Posts / Guides With The Most Discussion From April

• Swapping Engineering Specializations For Profit - Nerfed in Patch 4.1 - Can still switch, just can't have both goblin and gnomish recipes learned together.
• IRL Case Study With A Bake Sale - This post got crazy in the comments.  Don't dig into this one til you have time to sort through it.  Lots of math involved here.
• Obsidium Ore Prospecting Crash
• Rift or WoW? Goodbye Azeroth - Ah, The April Fool's Day post that lead to at least 10 people unsubscribing from the newsletter.  Didn't mean to fool you for real.
• Cataclysm Alchemy Spec Swapping - Save yourself the time before you swap alchemy specializations.

Other Stuff

Don't Miss Out on the Monthly Gold Blogging Carnivals here at Cold's Gold Factory.  Always looking for new participants and this is a great spot to read about centralized content.

The daily newsletter is going well and I have just released my first set of newsletter first tips this past weekend.  Sign up for Cold's Daily Gold Tips and become eligible for the newsletter only giveaways coming soon.

Be sure to listen to me and Wes of Capped by Cata over at the Auction House Junkies Podcast homepage.  Wes has gotten back into writing more frequent content so be sure to head back over his way and read some of the good stuff he's putting out.

Check out the first WoW gold guide I have authored:  Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery

Again - Thanks for checking out Cold's Gold Factory. 

Enjoy Your Visit.

Cold

March CGF Gold Blog Recap

Did You Enjoy April Fool's Day?

(I'm not quitting WoW)

My Gold Blog Recap

I started a new segment here at Cold's Gold Factory. During the first week of each month, I will posting a recap of the prior month. For each monthly recap I will list the Top 5 Most Popular Posts here based on visits and also the Top 5 Most Discussed Posts. This will be a big help for anyone who may have missed some of these great posts or discussions. This recap will also help to expose some of the better posts for new readers just joining us.  The discussion continues on many of these posts so feel free to contribute.

March Gold Posts Recap


Top 5 Most Popular Posts from March

• Glowcaps & Fertile Spores As Currency | Selling Clam Bar Recipes
• Passive Income | Guild Invite All Macro
• New Rugged Leather Farming Spots In Cataclysm
• Patch 4.1 Glyph Changes
• Auction House Espionage Guide

Top 5 Most Discussed Posts from March

• The Current State Of World of Warcraft
• Opportunity Cost Part 2
• Multiple Profession Coverage In World of Warcraft
• What I'm Currently Selling on The Auction House
• You Know You're A Greedy Goblin When...

March was a great month for quality content coming out of Cold's Gold Factory.  Use this post as a guide to get you caught up on some of the most popular posts from last month alone.  Feel free to continue the great discussions on the original posts.

Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival

Bloggers: The April Gold Blogging Carnival is coming soon. Get your posts in via email. You only have few days left to participate in the carnival and submit your post for this topic.

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Are there any other posts from March that you found particularly useful or thought provoking?

February CGF Gold Blog Recap

My Gold Blog Recap

I am going to starting a new segment each month here at Cold's Gold Factory.  During the first week of each month, I will posting a recap of the prior month.  For each monthly recap I will list the Top 5 Most Popular Posts here based on visits and also the Top 5 Most Discussed Posts.  This will be a big help for anyone who may have missed some of these great posts or discussions.  This recap will also help to expose some of the better posts for new readers just joining us.

February Recap

Top 5 Most Popular Posts in February

1. Top 10 Secret Days For Making Gold
2. Captain Samir's Blacksmithing Plans
3. The New Undermine Journal - Even Better
4. Farming Lovely Carm Bracelets and Charms
5. Get Stoned At The Darkmoon Faire

Top 5 Most Discussed Posts in February

1. Mysterious Fortune Card Barks Revisited
2. The Land of Free Volatile Earth
3. The Twilight Highlands Blacksmithing Metal Trader
4. Reader Submission: Bidding With Auctioneer
5. How To Sell Lovely Charm Bracelets on The Auction House

So there you go.  Some great reading there as evidenced by viewer volume and discussions.  Feel free to continue the great discussions on the original posts. 

Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival

Bloggers:  The March Gold Blogging Carnival is coming soon.  Get your posts in via email.  You only have  few days left to participate in the carnival and submit your post for this easy topic.

Are there any other posts from February that you found particularly useful or thought provoking?