Small ball style is great for live games because it forces opponents to play pots with you, and since the buy-ins to live games are alot bigger than micro online, you'll run into alot of players who are running with scared money and won't dare make a move without a biggie since they don't want to lose that car payment etc.

As for the lowest levels online, the buy in is $2. $2 isn't scared money for many, so you'll get called down with just about anything. Therefore you will do well by adjusting to a tighter style, opening fewer pots and only coming in when you have a strong hand/positional advantage over your opponents. You sound like you have a strong image when it comes to live games, but microstakes online games don't require an image, they just require ABC get the goods bet the goods type of play. That's what brings in the coin.

Poker Tracker really helps you monitor your style to make sure you're on the right track. Ex: will tell you how often you raise vs call, your aggression, tightness/looseness etc. But that's just scratching the surface of what it can do. This would be really helpful for you to make sure you're on the right track while adjusting to the online game.

GL at the tables and welcome to the forum.