1-800 Niche Filled

In a social-media driven world dominated by Twitter tweets and Facebook posts, the 1-800 jingle might seem to be an old-fashioned way to reach customers.

But David Ashley is no fuddy-duddy.

The east Manatee County-based entrepreneur has sung various 1-800 jingles thousands of times as he built a unique and profitable business over the last two decades. Ashley's company, Telename Communications, leases toll-free vanity numbers to other businesses and routes and monitors the incoming calls.