There are many ways to make gold while participating in activities you would normally do (raiding, PvP, Dungeons, Leveling, and so on). With a few simple steps, you can maximize your passive income while participating in the various activities the game offers. Not only can you do this while building up a starting capital, but keeping up these habits even after you get into proper gold-making can also continue to help build up your coffers.
One of the core components of World of Warcraft is the daily quest—quests that are repeatable every day on every character and typically offer gold, reputation, or another currency (typically tokens to progress in an area, turn in for rewards, and so on). Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that give daily quests have a blue exclamation mark over them (or a blue question mark when it's a hand-in).
The following screenshot shows the daily quest givers for the Golden Lotus, located in the Valley of Eternal Blossoms...