Making actual money with swagbucks.

For a long time I was frustrated by the ridiculously low pay here and the inconsistency that makes it impossible for me to even be able to count on making a measly $5 a day.

But at a certain point it's like that person you know that's in a bad/abusive relationship and always bitching about it. Swagbucks is what it is. Nobody is forcing me to go there. So I figured I would just return to mturk. Sure, it is far less passive, but I can hit my $5 mark in an hour or two over there.

But then I started thinking about something that has been nagging at me for a while. It's not swagbucks that's the problem, it's me. I'm doing it wrong. People are making money of this site. Lots of it. And not just swagbucks. If you want to get rich you don't take a cashier job at WalMart. You develop an amazing product and sell it through WalMart. Not that I'm saying I expect to get rich off this. Bad analogy I guess.

So, here's my idea: There are companies that will pay you to send them traffic. Rather than developing a website and spending on advertising, SEO, etc I advertise for those companies on swagbucks. Every time someone signs up through my offer they get paid, swagbucks gets paid, and best of all, I get paid. What do you guys think? Is there any reason this wouldn't work? Assuming I work with a reputable company that actually pays?