A friend just pointed me out to this interesting video from Syndi Seid, an etiquette coach in San Francisco, who shows the proper way to hand out business cards.
Some of the interesting points I noticed in the video:
If you hand out a card or take it with your left hand, it’s considered an insult. Always present it with your right hand or both hands facing the person you’re giving it to. Both hands shows ultimate respect.
In Japan, a business card is considered an extension of that person. To write notes on the face of the card, or to shove it into your back pocket and then sit on it, is the equivalent of doing the same things to that person’s face. Always take time to look at the card and comment a bit about it, then carefully put it away in your business card holder and write any notes on a separate notepad.