the other way to play it when out of position and the board looks to have missed a raising hand --- is to just call the pre-flop raisers 2/3 pot flop bet and see turn... then bet out into him on turn for 2/3 pot... A min check-raise on the flop will often get called by a player in position -- especially if they actually flopped something (be it draw or monster)... now you will be sitting out of position with a big pot if you check-raise flop...

mixing it up is best... but all these moves can exacerbate downswings so don't overuse 'em... if you are getting cold-decked and/or playing against aggro's -- might be better to actually only do this with hand or as semi-bluff...