There is one way of making money (sliver) pretty quick that I know of when you are still on the isle of refuge. Here it goes:

1) Level up to 6 and keep going til you cap out at 220%. This will still raise your skills a little I think but when you become a citizan wherever you go, it wil jump you up to level 8. And it is so easy.
2) Kill the goblins that drop the 6 slot bags (Siege Planner and I forget the name of the other one, but they are both in the same general area where the brutes are) and sell them for about 3 silver.
3) Kill Bladefin and sell the loot. Same goes for the Grizzy Bear that walks around as well as the Gaint Sanke you can kill.
4) Keep repeating steps 2 and 3 and you can get silver pretty fast. I got up to 15silver in 10min. It's just a good way to get a little money before you move on.

I hope no one has posted this and I'm sorry if they have. Hope all goes well and everyone can understand it because it's my 1st eq2 post. Enjoy.