The lower the stakes, the less you need to worry about the advanced and tricky plays, solid text book play will beat the game easily.

However...

Pulling off some of those tricks and playing less than premium cards require a lot more post flop skill, and will also give you much more variance in your bankroll. I've been playing this style now for a while (6 Max only), and even though you can get paid off big here and there, you will leak away a lot chips by calling those raises with your suited low junk. One thing that is very important to get you started is to realize that position + reads > cards. If you know you're playing against a person who overvalues big pairs and you have the button, maybe calling his raise with your 97s isn't so bad "every now and then". (Don't do it every time) Or if you are playing against a solid player, you may be able to get him to lay down his cards no matter what you have, if you can rep a better hand than what you think he's holding. There are no textbook rules to play this way, it is PURELY situational.

It is ALWAYS good to mix up your play, especially as you move up in limits, or you will be read like a book. What I tend to do is play text book poker probably like 75% of the time. The other 25% I'm making plays like raising with suited connectors, limping with KK or AA, re-raising someone with 72o (then showing of course), calling a raise with 56s, and checking/calling down my flopped trips. All of these plays really confuse your opponents. They won't know what kind of cards you are playing, which will force them to make more mistakes.

I am no expert or anything, but I'm thinking of writing up a post on some of the "tricks" you can use to vary your play, and ways to pick up that extra pot or two when you know you don't have the best hand.

To get you started, just try mixing in some suited connectors (and one-gappers) IN POSITION... and do so at your own risk... it could get an inexperienced person in trouble. (A lot of newbies falter this way because they see all of the pro's or good players doing it) Hope this helped a bit, good luck!