Yo.

I've got a bunch of toons in the 60s from RAF (4 shammies, 4 boomkin, pally, mage, hunter, lock, priest).

The only one who have professions on them are the mage and pally since they're from my main account pre-RAF.

I'm really trying to get back to the shammy team to level and dork about. The leader of the 4 will likely raid at some point if I can get there.

I also see them as a potential gold factory if I can get their professions up. I know some veterans have a dozen alchemists transmuting every day.

1- For a 4 toon team (shammies, later my boomkins then a mixed team) what profession layout would you recommend for effectiveness and profit? My feral main is Mining/JC, my baby pally is also Mining/JC.

2- Any tips on how to go about skilling up said professions, aside from traipsing around starting areas and then moving up? (I didn't realize for the longest time how well mining can be skilled through the AH and smelting). Any specific macros, binds, addons you recommend? Zones or instances that were a godsend?

I'm not exactly drowning in gold or even that much time (I only get a handful of hours a week outside raid time to play anymore). Thankfully I have a buddy who's a serious goblin and he helps with raid consumables.