I tried to explain the steps I follow when creating a new blog on my latest blogpost. I hope the beginners will find it useful. WordPress Blog Setup Checklist Feel free to comment on it and add things that I forgot to mention.
This is the list I use: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Things_to_Know_Before_Installing_WordPress
Good looking list. For submitting to directories you might want to link to a service like EasySubmits.com.
its look reallly nice plugin i will try on some of my blog and lets see how can it improve. thanks please cancel it as was bug and posted twice