Why? The minimum level required to learn the new trainer taught patterns will be raising to Level 75 shortly. If you are missing a profession, then now is the time to make a new character and get to leveling so you have full coverage of all professions. There are reports about some of the higher skill crafting recipes in Cataclysm in the new content areas that are unreachable until a level 84 quest chain has been completed. Completing the quest chain unlocks the area and the vendors and trainers within this area.
If this holds true once Cataclysm releases, you will be far behind the curve, if you have left your alts at Level 75. It is possible that this could change, but don't count on it. Be prepared - Level those crafting alts to 80. I am going to max all of my alts to level 80 and start them out with a full slate of quests to turn in that are pre-completed to give a jump on the leveling race.
Diversify Your Professions
Diversity helps protect your ability to continue to make gold should something happen in your market. If a mass undercutting war starts in your chosen field you can just move to another market to earn gold. Once the war is over and prices are normal, you can return to your old market. You can dabble in all markets or just pick which one is giving the best profits. Diversify your ability to craft within different markets and you open up even more options for making gold off of the WoW auction house.
Make A Twink
Many people have been asking questions about the twinking community and what can be sold to twinks. As far as twinking goes, the best research or advise I could give is to Make A Twink of your own. If you make a twink and play a twink you will get a much better understanding of twinking, what sells, what doesn't, what consumables work, what professions twinks prefer, etc.
By being a twink, you will understand much better than someone trying to figure out how to supply a market that they have no experience in. So make a twink, have some fun, and melt some faces. It will help your business strategy for this community that will be returning soon. Check out Twinkinfo.com and Twinksource.com to get started. Pick up both of the RSS feeds on these 2 twinking pages. Just remember that Cataclysm will bring about all new BiS gear options. Everything will be in turmoil as research is done and BiS lists are compiled.
